t'othersider

English

Etymology

t'other +‎ side +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌtʌðə(ɹ)ˈsaɪdə(ɹ)/

Noun

t'othersider (plural t'othersiders)

1. (Australia, Western Australia, informal) A person from the eastern states of Australia.
   • 1903, Joseph Furphy, Such is Life:

     whilst the ancient t'other-sider oscillated his frame-saw

   • 1963, Clinton Hartley Grattan, The Southwest Pacific Since 1900: A Modern History:

     The first Labor premier of Western Australia was Henry Daglish (1866-1920), a Victorian t'othersider, ...

   • 1972, David Mossenson, State Education in Western Australia, 1829-1960:

     Among the t'othersider teachers Victorians predominated, as they did among newcomers in general.

   • 2008, Janina Trotman, Girls Becoming Teachers: An Historical Analysis of Western Australian Women Teachers, 1911-1940:

     Mabel Guy was also born in the Goldfields in 1908, but unlike the other women in the group, her father was not a 't'othersider'³⁴: he was born in Pinjarra, in the state's southwest, and was a postmaster.