Austral English / A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia

by Edward Ellis Morris

1820. `Grammar and Vocabulary of Language of New Zealand' (Church Missionary Society), p. 193:

"Pipi, <i>s</i>. a cockle."

1881. J. L.Campbell, `Poenamo,' p. 107:

"With most deliciously cooked kumeras, potatoes and peppies" [sic].

Ibid. p. 204:

"The <i>dernier ressort</i>—fern-root, flavoured with fish and pippies."

1882. T. H. Potts, `Out in the Open,' p.25:

"Each female is busily employed in scraping the potatoes thoroughly with pipi-shells."

<hw>Piping-Crow</hw>, <i>n</i>. name applied sometimes to the <i>Magpie</i> (q.v.).

1845. `Voyage to Port Phillip,' etc., p. 53: