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[Aus] Centralian Advocate (Alice Springs, NT) 13 Aug. 10/2: Asked what anaesthetic he used, Dave said, ‘Fourpenny dark’.
at fourpenny dark (n.) under fourpenny, adj.
[Aus] Centralian Advocate (Alice Springs, NT) 13 Aug. 10/2: Maybe it’s OK for the men to get that last ‘noggin’, but what about the women and their babies?
at noggin, n.1
[Aus] Centralian Advocate (Alice Springs, NT) 15 July 5/3: Gaily he hopped on the old mangle and tootled across to the East Side.
at mangle, n.2
[Aus] Centralian Advocate (Alice Springs, NT) 16 July 1/2: Call it ‘the flue,’ call it ‘heavy cold’ or call it just ‘the wog’.
at wog, n.2
[Aus] Centralian Advocate (Alice Springs, NT) 12 Feb. 7/2: Constable Smith found the defendant flat out to it lying face down on the path.
at out to it, adj.
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