parrie
/ˈpari
/noun NZ informal
Informal term for paradise duck. a discordant orchestra of parries followed me for hours...
- A parrie in hand is better than 8 mallards that might take off before I get there.
- Still parrie season but I saw bugger all.
- The summer season is now open for hunting parries.
Origin
1940s: abbreviation.
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- frame narrator
- frame of mind
- frame of reference
- frame pulley
- framer
- frame rate
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- frameshifting
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- framesmith
- frame store
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