10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TARANAKI GATE»
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Five times he had to stop, open a Taranaki gate, then close it again behind him.
Regular gates, which swung open on hinges, he didn't mind. Taranaki gates,
which were two or three bits of wood with barbed wire nailed across between
them, ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: ...
See tarradiddle. taradiddler. A fibber: 1880 (OED): s. >, by 1900, coll.; ob. by
1930. See tarradiddle. Taranaki gate. 'One made from several strands of barbed
wire, strengthened with two or three saplings set in vertically' (Harold Griffiths,
1970): ...
Eric Partridge, Paul Beale, 1984
It was a Taranaki gate. The main batten, when the gate is shut, is held closed by
means of two loops of wire, one stapled at the bottom of the strainer post and the
other near the top. When the gate is to be opened the top loop is flicked upwards
...
After an hour or so, following the directions so precisely given him by Mrs Rogers,
he arrived at the end of the road, let down the Taranaki gate and took the car over
the hard dry paddocks, following the wheel tracks. Each further gate, and ...
5
High-Stakes Bride (Mills & Boon Intrigue)
Dani recognized Pike and Lynch manning the temporary “Taranaki gate,” which
had been constructed from wire and battens. Pike fastened the gate and gestured
at Dani's broom. “What's that for? Jousting?” A voice hollered, “Incoming.
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Temporalities, Autobiography and Everyday Life
The myth of settler resilience in the face of adversity is given a contemporary
inflection as 'Kiwi ingenuity', which is celebrated in the exhibition by such
artefacts as the 'Taranaki Gate' (the colloquial expression for any farm gate '
cobbled ...
Jan Campbell, Janet Harbord, 2002
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Atlas of Languages of Intercultural Communication in the ...
... Zealand includes stock unit (standard feed measure), two-tooth (a sheep of a
certain age), bobby-calf (unweaned calf killed for veal), eye-dog, huntaway (a
mustering dog), number eight (a grade of fencing wire), Taranaki gate (a
makeshift ...
Stephen Adolphe Wurm, Peter Mühlhäusler, Darrell T. Tyron, 1996
8
Classic New Zealand Mountain Bike Rides
Cross a couple of streams, jump a Taranaki gate and head out to a farm. Jump
the fence and turn right on the track marked 'Mussel Road' (but marked 'Oyster
Road' on the Topomap — what is it with all these shellfish?) After a few minutes, ...
When the Taranaki gate was hooked behind the herd Jay and Pete walked back
to the shed, whistling and singing. He showed her all the calls and whistles for
the dogs and just about collapsed with laughter over her efforts to copy his ...
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In the Lifetime of a Goat: Writings 1984-2000
(Take the wire cutters with you to patch the Taranaki gate as you go past.) Fixing
goats' feet is an elemental activity and distinguishes my squeamish townie
friends from the rest. A very wet winter and yet another pathetic attempt to buy in
better ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TARANAKI GATE»
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Taranaki gate is used in the context of the following news items.
Unlocking the gates of Taranaki's past
The wire and batten Taranaki gate, though ingenious and ubiquitous, is not high on the agenda for most visitors to the province. But they will find other Taranaki ... «New Zealand Herald, Oct 10»
