Define Each of these terms: Book- Wild pork and watercress
This is slang for proper words in New Zealand, a certain style of speech to do with generations, location and culture.
- ‘Skinny old bag of bones’ My definition for this is someone being described as skinny, because this person is stated as old, maybe they don’t eat enough. What they look like to the outside eye is a ‘skinny old bag of bones.’ There is no meat (muscle) on their body. To some, this could look scary, but this short sentence is a good way to describe Uncle Hector in the novel.
- ‘Got uncle Hec’s Back up’
- ‘Stop for a breather’
- ‘Let’s have a brew up’