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[Aus] Bathurst Free Press (NSW) 21 Apr. 2/2: Now the slang phraseology of New South Wales contains such a word as ‘tip,’ the elegant! English of which is ‘bribery’.
at tip, n.2
[Aus] Bathurst Free Press (NSW) 18 June 2/3: Why, sir I beleive I vos a little tossicated, but don’t your vership see the liguor was bad [...] lost the use of my clapper.
at clapper, n.1
[Aus] Bathurst Free Press (NSW) 18 June 2/3: Why, sir I beleive vos a little tossicated, but don’t your vership see the liguor was bad — quite o’er powered me.
at tossicated, adj.
[Aus] Bathurst Free Press (NSW) 30 Apr. 2/1: [of railway refreshment rooms] Mr. Wilms affirmed that the refreshment-rooms are conducted in a most disgraceful manner, and broadly he described them as poison shops of the very worst kind.
at poison shop (n.) under poison, n.
[Aus] Bathurst Free Press (NSW) 12 July 2/6: [T]he ball was never in the ‘waybacks’ territory for more than a quarter of a minute at a time.
at wayback, n.
[Aus] Bathurst Free Press (NSW) 15 Nov. 6/2: People who carefully fold up their napkin after dining table d’hote are usually ‘way backers’ .
at wayback, n.
[Aus] Bathurst Free Press (NSW) 6 Mar. 2/4: The defendant called him a ‘liar’ and offered him out in the back yard.
at offer someone out, v.
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