full up adj.1
(Aus.) disgusted with, surfeited with.
Bulletin (Sydney) 25 July 12/2: Robert Brink, aged 37, / Judged ’twas time to go to Heaven. / ‘My pains,’ said he ‘no tongue can tell, / I’m sure it can’t be worse in hell; […] Farewell, old earth, I’m quite “full up”.’. | ||
Sporting Times 4 Jan. 3: I’ve had enough of this game; I’m full up, mate, ain’t you? | ‘Jack and Jim’||
Brisbane Courier 16 Mar. 7/1: As the manager and overseers if they are not full up of the system. Ask the disgusted jackaroo. | ||
(ref. to 1867) In Bad Company 487: I’m full up of this ‘cross’ work. | ||
Sydney Morn. Herald 6 Dec. 7/1: Witness then left because he was ‘full up.’ The witness [...] said ‘full up’ means disgusted. | ||
N.Z. Truth 30 Jan. 5/6: Evidently the pair got ‘full up’ of the races and other stuff. | ||
Bulletin (Sydney) 15 Dec. 30/3: When I ’eard that me ole mother ’ad married a Chow, an’ there was a lot of Chows fer brothers, I was properly full up. | ||
Moods of Ginger Mick 101: An’ I’m gittin’ full up uv the mullock they poke / At the cove that is bearin’ the brunt. | ‘To the Boys Who Took the Count’ in||
Backblock Ballads 37: I’m full up of the whole damn business! | ‘The Boon of Discontent’ in||
Dict. of Aus. Words And Terms 🌐 FULL UP—Sick of. | ||
(con. 1830s–60s) All That Swagger 144: I’ll go away to Queensland for a spell. I’m full-up of Bewuck. It’s a tin-pot hole. | ||
Argus (Melbourne) 3 Mar. 2/5: I am absolutely full up and disgusted. | ||
Dict. of Kiwi Sl. 47/1: full up exasperated, weary, disgusted; eg ‘I’m full up with this shower, Netty. Let’s split.’. | ||
Reed Dict. of N.Z. Sl. [as cit. 1988]. |
In phrases
see fed up adj.