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Definition of Offsider
1. a side-kick [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Offsider
Literary usage of Offsider
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On the Wool Track by Charles Edwin Woodrow Bean (1910)
"An "offsider," by the by, is a gentleman who is learning bullock-driving, ...
The cook is expected to allow the offsider Is. 4d. per head—a third out of the ..."
2. Queensland Reports: Decisions of the Supreme Court of Queensland by Queensland Supreme Court (1917)
"... for the cooks as follows :—When over 25 and up to 50 men are being cooked for,
one offsider ; when over 50 and up to 75, ..."
3. At Home in the Wilderness: Being Full Instructions how to Get Along, and to by John Keast Lord (1867)
"Not a bit of it, the packers have not nearly done ; round comes offsider, and
they jointly lay hold of the leather strap, and placing each a foot against ..."
4. A Life of Books: The Story of D.W. Thorpe Pty. Ltd., 1921-1987 by Joyce Nicholson, Daniel Wrixon Thorpe (2000)
"One day in New York I went with Ron Abbey and Peter Milne, his offsider, when
they were buying remainders. I had known about remainders, of course, ..."
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