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othersider


noun a person living on the other side of the Nullarbor Plain. Also, t'othersider.

Contributor's comments: [Perth informant] Always t'othersider - as in 'from the otherside'. Originally applied to (mainly) Victorians who came to the Kalgoorlie goldfields in the late 1800's.

Contributor's comments: Lived in Perth 1/2 a century and never heard anyone say othersider!