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silver fern

noun

  1. another name for ponga
  2. a formalized spray of fern leaf, silver on a black background: the symbol of New Zealand sporting teams, esp the All Blacks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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“In my view, the silver fern is something which is applied to our greatest sporting teams,” said Key.

And she planted a silver fern-dish in the midst and surveyed the effect with her head tilted thoughtfully.

A dainty new silver fern, big enough for a small table, comes in a thumb pot at only ten cents.

Yesterday afternoon she went to a bridge-whist party by Mrs. Koblin's and she won a sterling solid-silver fern dish.

I would choose for its badge of membership a small silver fern leaf, crossed by a large gold key.

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