Dictionaries were formerly much more simple than they are to-day. In an old volume “dog” is described as “A mongrel or mastiff; a creature well known;” while a horse is simply defined as “a beast.”
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Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 December 1928, Page 9
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35Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 Hawera Star, Volume XLVIII, 21 December 1928, Page 9
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