Green’s Dictionary of Slang

1. (Aus.) to arrive, to turn up, (of a race horse) to win; thus lobber, one who turns up; lob around, wait around, lob back, to return.

1893		Eastern Districts Chron. (York, WA) 25 Nov. 2/1: Last year, when Glenloth lobbed, home in the mud and slush, backers of the routed favourites laid their defeat at the door of the weather.
1905		Sydney Sportsman 8 Nov. 1/2: In last week’s ‘Sportsman’ we stated that the New Zealand mare, Levant, was either dead off or has been raced cunningly. Judging by the way she lobbed in [...] at Canterbury Park, it savored very much as though the latter was the correct version.
1906		E. Dyson Fact’ry ’Ands 99: The trees trembled when he lobbed.
1916		All Abaht It Nov. 13: We have our Doc from Corio Bay [...] He lobbed here months afore us, / Did Robert George —.
1919		Aussie (France) 12 Mar. 4/2: A Digger who had just lobbed in France.
1924		C.J. Dennis ‘The Crusaders’ in Chisholm (1951) 83: Snowy’s a game ’un! I lob in the shop, / The parson paddin’ after on the floor.
1936		‘Banjo’ Paterson Shearer’s Colt 58: The only cheerful member of the luncheon party was Red Fred who had been down to worship at the shrine of Nancy Bell [a race horse] and to receive the usual assurance that she would lob in.
1938		F. Anthony ‘Gus Tomlins’ in Me And Gus (1977) 126: If you are sure she won’t mind me lobbing along, I’m willing.
1941		A. Gurney Bluey & Curley 28 July [synd. cartoon strip] The tracer will show me where the first bullet lobbed!!
1941		A. Gurney Bluey & Curley 2 Nov. [synd. cartoon] Yer just lobbed in Malaya from Aussie.
1950		(con. 1936–46) K.S. Prichard Winged Seeds (1984) 24: You never knew who’d lob into the camp.
1951		D. Stivens Jimmy Brockett 251: He usually turned on an act for me when I lobbed home but tonight he was too excited.
1952		(con. 1948) G. Mandel Flee the Angry Strangers 21: Mostly I lob around the street looking at nothing.
1964		‘Charles Barrett’ Address: Kings Cross 53: ‘Where’s your mate? The girl who used to be with you when you first lobbed here?’.
1968		J. Alard He Who Shoots Last 205: ‘Lob back about five’.
1972		A. Chipper Aussie Swearers Guide 31: Bodgied Up [...] This is a handy malicious adjective, especially useful in deflating the egos of people wearing new clothes. As in: In he lobs, bodgied up and smelling like dead horse gully.
1972		J. McNeill Old Familiar Juice (1973) 104: bulla: That’s what we’ve been talkin’ about [...] since ’e lobbed in this peter?: .
1976		D. Ireland Glass Canoe (1982) 16: He lobbed at the Oriental for a Chinese feed one weeknight.
1978		Edwards & Reed Bullsh n.p.: ‘Tell me when Johnno lobs up, okay?’.
1983		R. Aven-Bray Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 11: He would rather pen and ink on his ace until some of his Chinas lobbed. [Ibid.] 35: Lobber Someone who turns up anyway.
1983		J. Byrell (con. 1959) Up the Cross 13: Maloney originally lobbed in The Cross [...] when he was till hardly more than an anklebiter.
1986		R.G. Barrett Real Thing 13: He’ll be unrecognisable when he lobs here on Saturday.
1992		M. Coleman Fatty 130: He was a mystery to us, he just lobbed, but what a great buy he turned out to be.
1993		M.B. ‘Chopper’ Read How to Shoot Friends 50: It seems he lobbed on her door step, sporting a big bunch of flowers.
1996		J. Byrell Lairs, Urgers & Coat-Tuggers 255: [H]e lobbed up at the Rex that arvo, a struggling urger who prowled around the Cross.
2006		B. Matthews Intractable [ebook] We knew they were coming. We just didn’t know when. And now they had lobbed.
2013		T. Peacock More You Bet 55: He’d lobbed at Harold Park trots probably for the first time.

2. (Aus., also lob) to hit, to assault.

1913		Sport (Adelaide) 15 Mar. 12/2: Sharky doesn't like his name being published in ‘The Sport.’ They say you are going to lob them one, but don’t be cruel, Sharkey.
1925		Smith’s Wkly (Sydney) 19 Dec. 3/1: He’s always at yer elbow promptin’ the fist wot biffs a copper, the foot wot lobs in the old girl's tummy.

3. to commence having sexual intercourse.

1966

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(Aus.) to go away.

1910

L. Esson Woman Tamer in Ballades of Old Bohemia (1980) 72: katie: [...] I ain’t going to keep a fat lazy loafer like you. / chopsey: Blast you, my luck’s turned, I tell you. / katie: Lob off now. / chopsey: Don’t sling off, Katie.

1. to get hold of or find out through a stroke of luck.

1913		Truth (Perth) 5 Apr. 4/7: When we lob onto that loan / We will sniff it like ozone. / We will buy up Frank Rea’s mincemeat, / And then eat all Pink Top's fruit.
1943		Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl. (2nd edn).

2. to associate oneself with.

1912

Bulletin (Sydney) 19 Dec. 15/3: David came from the Flying Angel Push in Melbourne, and lobbed on to the rabbit-proof fence when it was going through Lake Nabbaroo (W.A.). They made him off-sider to a camel-puncher named Jim. He had had no experience with smellers; but he took to the job like beer.

to hand out.

1943		R. Llewellyn None But the Lonely Heart 242: Cosh [...] stopped while Jim was lobbing out the fags.
1960		G.W. Target Teachers (1962) 200: Kathie was lobbing out the char like a champion.