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off-side, offside, v. Austral. colloq.
[Back-formation from off-sider.]
intr. To act as an off-sider or assistant. So off-siding vbl. n.
1883in M. Durack Kings in Grass Castles (1959) xxvi. 256, I have put up a yard on Galway since Uncle Jerry left—Pumpkin and Kangaroo offsiding. 1917R. D. Barton Reminisc. Austral. Pioneer vii. 93, I met a black⁓fellow..who was offsiding for the horsedriver, and was called Archie. 1930V. Palmer Passage i. v. 41 A boy like Hughie might as well climb into his coffin right away as go off-siding for old Kunkel. 1936I. L. Idriess Cattle King iii. 18 I'll get you a job offsidin' for me. 1953A. Upfield Murder must Wait iv. 30 He's up at Mitford, and has asked me to send you up to off-side for him. 1960― Bony & Kelly Gang 167 Bony was asked to offside for Joe Flanagan, the settlement's electrician. |