issue n.
(Aus.) everything, the lot, all there is.
![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia") | (con. WWI) Gloss. of Sl. [...] in the A.I.F. 1921–1924 (rev. t/s) n.p.: issue. A portion; ‘to go one’s issue’ – to be killed; to get the whole issue of a shell, to be struck bodily by a shell. | |
![[UK]](/static/img/flags/uk.png "United Kingdom") | Gilt Kid 87: ‘Yes, sir?’ asked the barber. ‘The issue. Hair cut, shave, shampoo, friction, vibro, face massage, head massage.’. | |
| Popular Dict. Aus. Sl. 38: Issue, all, everything, the lot. |
In phrases
(Aus.) to be killed.
| (con. WWI) Flesh in Armour 77: ‘Jack Martin’s got his issue.’ [...] Charl’s eyes [...] saw a dark thing with a white blob at the end of it stretched out on the ground. |
(Aus./UK) everything, the lot, all there is, thus used fig., death.
| Bulletin (Sydney) 17 June 14/1: An’ now ’e’s gorn— / Took th’ full issue, from a dud five-nine / That left th’ rest without a tunic torn. | |
| (con. WWI) Gloss. of Sl. [...] in the A.I.F. 1921–1924 (rev. t/s) n.p.: issue. A portion; ‘to go one’s issue’ – to be killed; to get the whole issue of a shell, to be struck bodily by a shell. | |
| Good Companions 525: Got up to Newcastle way and gets playin’ pontoon back of a boozer up there an’ loses the ’ole ruddy issue, stall and all. | |
| Look Long Upon a Monkey 149: It’s the bloody lot for me — the whole issue. |