(Australia, archaic) A newly arrived convict.
1906, Edward Dyson, In the Roaring Fifties, 2005, [http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/17045/pg17045.txt Gutenberg eBook #17045],
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(Australia) A beginner; a novice.
: ‘New chum?’ queried the barman, after serving him.
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(Australia, chiefly, dated, mildly, derogatory) A newly arrived and inexperienced immigrant; a newcomer.
: ‘I suppose I am,’ replied Jim. ‘Look here, would you mind telling me what in the devil′s name a new chum is?'
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