Scarcely a day passes without a new word being coined. Asked what his occupation was, a judgment debtor in the New Plymouth Afagistrate’s Court answered: “ A radiotrician.” The term puzzled counsel, and he looked at the witness blankly. Then the analogy struck him, and he answered brightly: “Ah, that means you ~ install wireless sets and things?” “Yes,” said the witness rather more humbly than he had formerly answered.
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Otago Witness, Issue 4042, 1 September 1931, Page 23
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