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t'othersider en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌtʌðə(ɹ)ˈsaɪdə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From t'other + side + -er.

Meanings

1. (Australia, Western, informal) A person from the eastern states of Australia.
   • whilst the ancient t'other-sider oscillated his frame-saw 1903, Joseph Furphy, Such is Life:
   • Among the t'othersider teachers Victorians predominated, as they did among newcomers in general. 1972, David Mossenson, State Education in Western Australia, 1829-1960:
   • The first Labor premier of Western Australia was Henry Daglish (1866-1920), a Victorian t'othersider, ... 1963, Clinton Hartley Grattan, The Southwest Pacific Since 1900: A Modern History:
   • Mabel Guy was also born in the Goldfields in 1908, but unlike the other women in the group, her father was not a 't'othersider'³⁴: he was born in Pinjarra, in the state's southwest, and was a postmaster. 2008, Janina Trotman, Girls Becoming Teachers: An Historical Analysis of Western Australian Women Teachers, 1911-1940:

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