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Red Fed N.Z. colloq.|ˈrɛd fɛd|
Also redfed.
[f. red a. 9 b + federation.]
A member of the Federation of Labour (founded 1909); now gen., one who rebels against the established order, a left-winger. Hence ˈRed-Fed-ism.
1914Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 14 Jan. 10/5 The charge you prefer against the ‘Red Feds’. 1916Chrons. N.Z. Expeditionary Force 15 Nov. 134/1 I'll poke the fellow in the jaw that calls me a ‘Red Fed’. 1931N. E. Coad Such is Life 24 They are on the look-out for Bolshevists, Red-Feds and I.W.W.s. 1948D. W. Ballantyne Cunninghams i. xxxi. 152 That crazy young redfed..who landed himself in trouble over at the works with his gabbing. 1959K. Sinclair Hist. N.Z. iii. 199 In contrast to the United Labour Party, the ‘Red Feds’ eschewed political action. Ibid., The ‘Red Fed's’ rejection of the principle of industrial arbitration. 1959N.Z. Listener 26 June 4/1 Those dark days when many a university lecturer and many a student were being hauled across the coals for radicalism, Communism, red-Fed-ism, and all sorts of other nonsense. 1969F. Sargeson Joy of Worm iv. 134 And when besides he's Red Fed, Maoriland worker, not to mention Das Kapital all rolled into one—well, it's a toss-up whether he can continue to survive. 1970D. M. Davin Not Here, not Now vi. i. 280 He sounded a bit of a red-fed, though. No time for Baldwin or any of that lot over in England. |