" Wobbert, have you heard of the gwate wiot on the Bwistol woad ?" "A what?" " Why, a wiot, a wiot." " What the deuce is a wiot ?" " Don't you know what a wiot is? A wiot is a wumpus." " Well, now, what is a wumpus? You have got me again." '* Why, you know what I mean. A wiot, a wumpus, a wow." "O,ho ! a riot, a rumpus, a row ! Yes, I have heard something of that."
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 740, 6 October 1870, Page 3
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74Untitled Star (Christchurch), Issue 740, 6 October 1870, Page 3
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