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- noun Australia, New Zealand, informal A
partner ,assistant , ordeputy .
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Examples
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Colleague David Johnston, who co-anchored the news with Mr Raymond in the 60s told the ABC that his offsider was a talented performer.
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I worked as an offsider (assistant) to a kangaroo shooter in the Australian Outback in early 2004.
Boing Boing 2009
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The Griffon's offsider, Barney O'Dare, knows the value of a good bottle of O'Doul's Dew, and a pair of secret decoder glasses.
Archive 2007-02-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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The breathless but brave and unrelenting goofball Nayland Smith and his stoic offsider and chronicler Petrie pursue the genius superman, the ultimate embodiment of the Yellow Peril, Dr Fu-Manchu.
Archive 2007-03-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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The breathless but brave and unrelenting goofball Nayland Smith and his stoic offsider and chronicler Petrie pursue the genius superman, the ultimate embodiment of the Yellow Peril, Dr Fu-Manchu.
Archive 2007-03-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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The G-2 Ace ends up deep in skeletons in the catacombs, along with his offsider Andre, after being framed for a 'murder in the dark situation.'
Archive 2007-03-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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Armed robber and kidnapper Vassilis Paleokostas and his Albanian offsider Alket Rizaj were days away from standing trial for their escape in 2006.
Archive 2009-02-22 Bill Crider 2009
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Juve and offsider are trying to track down the dastardly villain.
Archive 2007-03-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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Christianity's most dangerous enemy is the False Prophet and his offsider, the Strawman.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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He counted the notes, then his offsider counted them again before handing them to the blind owner.
A House in Fez SUZANNA CLARKE 2007
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