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manpower, v. Austral. and N.Z. colloq. ? Now Hist.|ˈmænpaʊə(r)|
[f. man-power s.v. man n.1 20 a.]
trans. To conscript for non-military service as part of the war effort. Freq. in pass.
1959D. Hewett Bobbin Up (1961) ii. 22 I've worked in the mill ever since they manpowered me durin' the war. 1976–7Art N.Z. Dec./Jan. 43/1 Pacifists were sent to camps or manpowered to essential industries. 1984J. Frame Angel at my Table iv. 35 During the summer of that year other students and I were ‘manpowered’ to pick raspberries on Whittakers' farm at Millers Flat. |