10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «THE WOP-WOPS»
Discover the use of
the wop-wops in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
the wop-wops and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
Touring the Wop Wops 89 He had presence. His frame was solid. Both Johanna
and Geoff had a vision of Barrett. His body was chiseled and lithe. Geoff referred
to Barrett's body as the “yank bod.” No Englishman looked so classic, not in ...
1977 Mum and Joshua were sad, but I was really excited that we were making a
special trip to the Wop-wops. That was where Maka and Koro Zac lived in a bright
yellow house. Next door lived Uncle Rewi and his dog Caesar. Further up the ...
... of addressing someone O'Howya. sport?") throw a wobbly an overdisplay of
emotion, usually anger within coo-ee oj "not to come within coo-ee of" means to
fall grossly short of reaching a goal wop-wops "he lives in the wop-wops" means
he ...
Roselynn Smelt, Yong Jui Lin, 2008
I don't fancy spending a night out hear in the wop-wops.' A sudden mechanical
noise caused them to look up in alarm, so unexpected it was to hear a sound
associated with civilization in such a desolate spot. A truck drove up a track
leading ...
The engine started coughing and the ute started surging as I ran out of gas
halfway between Rakaia and Methven, way out in the middle of the wop-wops. I
cursed and swore and generally did my prunes, stomped round the ute a few
times, ...
The back blocks, the wop wops, or bang in the middle of Auckland city; it was the
luck of the draw. Girls either cried or leapt for joy when the list went up in the
lunchroom. I wasn't worried because I already knew that I would not be sent out
of ...
„They‟re out in the wop-wops, on a road from nowhere to nowhere. A few hours
from Auckland. You can only get to them at low tide, and even then it‟s an hour‟
s walk. You couldn‟t drag most tourists there if you paid them.‟ „That explains ...
8
The Exchange-Rate Between Love and Money: A Novel
He ought to know a place in the wop-wops we can get away from it all. Look
under Unknown Caller.” So they take refuge, at reasonable expense, at the Sufi
Child's alma mater, the Tekija Prnaˇsa Esoterika, up on a hill behind Zuˇc.
Physically ...
9
Land of
the Long Wild Road
The plan was simple: Head south west into Mackenzie country then ride the
drovers' routes and old gold trails into the vast wilderness - the 'back blocks and
the wop wops' - of Central Otago... and see what happened next. It was a bright, ...
Bob Gardner, Bob Goddard, 2004
One can slalom from the wop-wops to the airport in a fewer hiccoughed number
Of such said hitched pick-ups if the shirt one hired oneself is off to where it'll End
up clinging to, scared starch stiff in a sweaty effervescent back-seatback, okay.
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «THE WOP-WOPS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
the wop-wops is used in the context of the following news items.
From Cinderella to casual sex
In the olden days, dating in New Zealand used to mean bachelors' and spinsters' balls out in the wop-wops. Going to the movies and brushing hands in the ... «Stuff.co.nz, Feb 15»
Rodney Hide: Vigilante no better than the tourist
They were tourists. They didn't know quite where they were. There was no cellphone coverage. They had been attacked in the wop-wops, left stranded and were ... «New Zealand Herald, Jan 15»
Anger at 'camping bludgers'
"Freedom camping should be out in the wop-wops where there are no alternatives. This is not freedom camping it is free camping. It defies logic council has ... «The Southland Times, Nov 14»
Pack up your troubles
This will help you avoid ending up in the wop-wops of Buenos Aires, two train rides away from the nightclub where you left your friends in the wee hours of the ... «New Zealand Herald, Nov 14»
Brian Rudman: Politicians banging on about China miss point
Lock up your daughters, he cried, nasty Chinese company Shanghai Pengxin wants to buy a 13,800ha farm somewhere in the wop-wops out of Taupo. «New Zealand Herald, Aug 14»
Cops spot pot crops in the wop-wops
COPS AND CROPS: RNZAF personnel accompanied by constables from the Nelson Bays Police area recover cannabis in the Tapawera area last year. «Nelson Mail, Jan 14»
We're Building a House - in Guyana
After spending 10 happy years in my native New Plymouth, in 2011 we rented out our house, packed up our two kids and disappeared into the wop-wops of ... «Stuff.co.nz, Jun 13»
Stutter no impediment to creativity
"There's a group of us who get together every January in a retired shearing shed down in the wop-wops of the Masterton Valley, cellphones don't work, the ... «Taranaki Daily News, Mar 12»
Off to help Grandmother Xhou
... which, Miss Norgate said, preferred doctors to practise only Western medicine, her grandmother worked out of a base in "the wop-wops" outside Guangzhou. «Otago Daily Times, Jan 12»
'I was a roughneck by occupation and by behaviour'
Out in the wop-wops north-west of Auckland, at the end of a long shingle driveway, is an old villa. A red 1970s Jaguar, numberplate DAGJAG, is parked nearby, ... «Sunday Star Times, Dec 11»
