strewth: honestly, expletive showing frustration. Expanded upon by J Witherow as follows: "Strewth is an expletive and also slang for honestly. But it's my understanding that it's derived from the old phrase 'God's Truth'. Which, when run together, is ... s'truth!"
Saturday, 27 October 2012
LONG-TIME LOCALS: Lifelong friends Patricia Tee, left, and Beryl Parker have compiled the history of their old Onehunga stomping ground in the book Growing up in Cardwell Street.
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