My word! they played just into his hand, and he did the new-chum swell all to pieces, and so that natural no one could have picked him out from them. ❋ Unknown (2004)
It wag not likely to yield half as much, for, being a new-chum, he was fair game, and it was considered smart to impose on his good-nature. ❋ Unknown (2003)
The complexion of the buyer was ruddier than the cherry, for the tropic sun had beamed ardently on his peachy Scotch skin, proclaiming him a new-chum, a bright and shining new-chum. ❋ Unknown (2003)
"Jolly good of you to have me; I know a new-chum isn't much use." ❋ Mary Grant Bruce (1918)
The stockmen, always on the alert to "pick holes" in a new-chum, had little fault to find with his easy seat and hands, and approved of the way in which he waited for no one's help in saddling up or letting go his horse; a point which always tells with the man of the bush. ❋ Mary Grant Bruce (1918)
But a man's saddle doesn't offer any encouragement to a poor scared new-chum. ❋ Mary Grant Bruce (1918)
Norah Linton, but you wouldn't think a bit of a new-chum kid like Bob ❋ Mary Grant Bruce (1918)
And I'd like it to be not too far from Norah, 'cause she's very cheering to a lone new-chum. ❋ Mary Grant Bruce (1918)
Billabong was, in the main, a cattle run, but Mr. Linton kept as well a flock of high class sheep, with the usual small mob for killing for station use, and through these a certain amount of sheep knowledge was imparted to the new-chum. ❋ Mary Grant Bruce (1918)
"Well, Murty ain't the man to barrack for a useless new-chum." ❋ Mary Grant Bruce (1918)
Every one laughed, and looked at the new-chum affectionately. ❋ Mary Grant Bruce (1918)
She remembered her first performance in that line under the eyes of a small group of admiring spectators – her husband 'just waiting to see how the new-chum cook shaped,' and, as he said the words, she, glancing up from the sheet of bark and the dough she was kneading, caught a look in his face which was something she could never in all her life forget. ❋ Unknown (1915)
He told me about his having been what he called a "cattle new-chum" on your father's station. ' ❋ Unknown (1915)
After the interchange of one or two remarks, Lady Bridget had no doubt of being friends with Moongarr Bill, and Moongarr Bill decided that for a dashed new-chum woman, Lady Bridget had a remarkable knowledge of horseflesh. ❋ Unknown (1915)
She knew every turn, and thought of the high-spirited pony – he went quietly for her, but with a new-chum it might be a different matter. ❋ Unknown (1911)
An English new-chum made his appearance there lately -- a most undefeated sportsman. ❋ Unknown (1902)
"Darned new-chum fool!" he muttered, as he stood up. ❋ G. Firth Scott (1900)
I can fix raw sailor-men, but there's no going to sea with a new-chum cook. ❋ Unknown (1898)
But Caesar's, being a new-chum ghost and bashful, was doubtless embarrassed by his cool, matter-of-fact reception, and left. ❋ Henry Lawson (1894)
From the sad heart-breaking sunset, to the new-chum worst of all. ❋ Henry Lawson (1894)
