Green’s Dictionary of Slang

(Aus.) a hanger-on, a criminal associate.

1968		J. Alard He who Shoots Last 48: I got it through da vine dat Bluey Harold an’ his daggers is gonna hit Jack.
1983		R. Aven-Bray Ridgey-Didge Oz Jack Lang 9: There was enough shitmen, daggers, and pullemasides in the Western Suburbs where he lived and terrible turked.