subs. (Australian).—See quots.
1886. E. WAKEFIELD, in Nineteenth Century, Aug., 173. In these Colonies [Australia], where pretty nearly every one has made several sea voyages, that subject is strictly tabooed in all rational society. To dilate upon it is to betray a ‘new chum’—what they call in Australia a LIME JUICE.
1887. All the Year Round, 30 July, 66. A young man newly arrived in the Colonies from the old country is styled a new Chum or a LIME-JUICE.
