Usually means: Newcomer, inexperienced in local ways.
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  1. new chum: Merriam-Webster
  2. new chum: Collins English Dictionary
  3. new chum: FreeDictionary.org
  4. new chum: TheFreeDictionary.com
  5. new-chum, new chum: Wordnik
  6. new chum: Wiktionary
  7. New chum: Dictionary.com

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  1. new chum: Encyclopedia

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  1. new chum: Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Definitions from Wiktionary (new chum)

▸ noun:  (Australia, archaic) A newly arrived convict.
▸ noun:  (Australia) A beginner; a novice.
▸ noun:  (Australia, chiefly dated, mildly derogatory) A newly arrived and inexperienced immigrant; a newcomer.

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