(2) Also slang used for a baby or little child, or even a younganimal, such as a little guinea-pig. Assignment, n. preissii, Endl. i>Persoonia); one was called MajorBuller, and the other Major Groce, and this latter againfurther corrupted into Major Grocer.
31: Tethering my good old horse to a tussock of snow-grass. Pig-fish, n. The teeth of the Mako are usedfor ornaments by the Maoris. In Australia, a recent slangterm, meaning a certainty.