parrie
/ˈpari
/noun NZ informal
Informal term for paradise duck. a discordant orchestra of parries followed me for hours...
- A parrie in hand is better than 8 mallards that might take off before I get there.
- Still parrie season but I saw bugger all.
- The summer season is now open for hunting parries.
Origin
1940s: abbreviation.
- present arms
- presentation
- presentational
- presentationally
- presentation copy
- presentation day
- presentation department
- presentationism
- presentationist
- Presentation of Christ
- presentation plate
- presentation silver
- presentation software
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- present company excepted
- present-day
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- pre-sentence
- presenter
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