Small Boy (anxiously): Please, Mr Massey, what is a pledge-breaker? Mr Massey: Pledge-breaker is a word known as a “barbarism,” and, like the words “ Mesopotamia ” and “Conservative,” its use is now carefully avoided in polite society.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19120828.2.84.1
Bibliographic details
Evening Star, Issue 14966, 28 August 1912, Page 7
Word Count
36Small Boy (anxiously): Please, Mr Massey, what is a pledge-breaker? Mr Massey: Pledge-breaker is a word known as a “barbarism,” and, like the words “ Mesopotamia ” and “Conservative,” its use is now carefully avoided in polite society.” Evening Star, Issue 14966, 28 August 1912, Page 7
Using This Item
Allied Press Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Star. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons New Zealand BY-NC-SA licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Allied Press Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.