“What is vour father’s occupation?” asked the headmaster. "My father is a washout” was the firm reply of a child at one of Ladysmith’s schools. Scolding and coaxing failed to produce any explanation—father was just a “ washout.”
But inquiries showed that “washout" is the local designation for men employe' 1 in washing put boilers at the engine sheds., s
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22053, 8 September 1933, Page 5
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