subs. phr. (Australian).—A term of contempt: cf. TOEY.
1896. Truth (Sydney), 12 Jan. The bushie’s favourite term of opprobrium ‘a TOE-RAGGER’ is Maori…. The nastiest term of contempt was tua rika rika, or slave. The old whalers on the Maoriland coast in their anger called each other TOE-RIGGERS, and to-day the word in the form of TOE-RAGGER has spread throughout the whole of the South Seas.
