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Aus. Word Map 🌐 pack of poo tickets a mess; something in a state of chaos; randomly thrown together: This room is a pack of poo tickets.at like a pakapoo ticket under like a..., phr.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 pack of poo tickets a mess; something in a state of chaos; randomly thrown together: This room is a pack of poo tickets. Aus. Word Map 🌐 AGB After Grog Bog. The bog you have the morning after the night before: [toilet flush] Oooooh, that was an ABG if I've ever seen one...at ABG, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 ‘AGB also known in Melbourne as PGB, post grog bog’.at ABG, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 arcing up crying [...] ‘Arcing up is common in Victoria - used as an expression of angry reaction’ [...] ‘This word was commonly used in Kalgoorlie to mean starting up an appliance and I've also heard it used to describe students getting louder and obnoxious!’.at arc up, v.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 backpacker. elderly person occupying a room in an aged care hostel on a respite-care basis: Betty went into a temporarily unoccupied room as a backpacker, but stayed a month.at backpacker, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 dilly bag. 1. a small bag for odds and ends.
2. toilet or make-up bag.at dilly-bag, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 lacky band. a rubber band [...] ‘“Lacker band” was in common use when I was at school (50s & 60s) and later at work’.at lackey band, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 barker’s egg canine faecal matter, usually in unwanted locations like lawns and footpaths: Your mutt keeps laying barker's eggs on my lawn!; Sorry mate, I just trod on a barker's egg.at barker’s egg, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 belly whacker hitting the water with your stomach first.at belly-buster (n.) under belly, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 Bidgee. abbreviation of Murrumbidgee, often used to refer to the Murrumbidgee River. Often used in discussions about fishing, camping weekends, etc.at bidgee, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 binji. (Koori for stomach) stomach.at bingy, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 cockeye bob 1. a large whirlwind.
2. a cyclone. Also, cockeyed bob.at cock-eye Bob, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 bogey to have a bath or swim, usually in a stock dam in NT.at bogey, v.1
Aus. Word Map 🌐 2. a bath or swim: I'm going to have a bogey. 3. a rock pool for swimming in.at bogey, n.2
Aus. Word Map 🌐 brown bomber. a parking inspector. Compare grey bomber, grey ghost, blue bomber, sticker licker. [from the brown colour of their uniform (now grey or blue)] [...] ‘Now that the brown bombers have had a uniform change, it is my understanding that they had been re-named as grey ghosts’.at brown bomber, n.1
Aus. Word Map 🌐 NT work boot a pair of thongs: You're well prepared, mate, got the NT work boots on, eh!at Northern Territory work boot, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 Japanese safety boots. thongs [...] ‘Along with the “safety boots” expression, I have also heard the expression as Japanese (Chinese) parachute boots’ .at Japanese safety boots, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 box monster ‘Cheap cask of wine: “Someone always brings a box monster to parties don't they.”’.at box, n.1
Aus. Word Map 🌐 brumby ‘I grew up in Adelaide in the 1960s and 'brumby' was an accepted term to mean a purchased manufactured item eg. appliance or toy that was faulty or prone to breakdown and in the sense that it was an unlucky purchase in that another item form the same manufacturer would generally be OK’.at brumby, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 bucket [...] ‘A bucket was a jug of mixed spirits that you could get for $5 at St Pauls Tavern in Brisbane’.at bucket, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 bunghole Cheese; because of the unfortunate constipating effects of eating too much of it: I’ll just have a polony and bunghole sandwich, thanks.at bunghole, n.2
Aus. Word Map 🌐 My ex Mother-in-law (born 1920s) and resident of Townsville all her life called corn beef fritters "Burdekin Ducks".at Burdekin duck, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 [Brisbane informant] My mum used to make what she called 'Burdekin Ducks' but they were corned beef in batter - not straight corned beef.at Burdekin duck, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 carton a cardboard case of 24 cans/bottles of beer [...] ‘Can you grab a carton when you're at the bottle-o?’.at carton, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 cattle tick. Catholic (rude school child insult of the 50s): All the cattle ticks have gone to mass.at cattle ticks, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 sluggers. [...] ‘Growing up in Perth the boys would all be very disparaging about their sluggers or “cock-jocks” and much preferred to swim in footy shorts’.at cock jock (n.) under cock, n.3
Aus. Word Map 🌐 Queen Street bushie one who owns a country property, often for tax loss purposes, but who lives and works in Brisbane.at Queen Street cocky, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 Queen Street ringer someone who dresses up in ringer's clothes, hat, boots, etc., but has probably never seen a cow in his life.at Queen Street cocky, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 St Georges Terrace cocky. one who owns a country property, often for tax loss purposes, but who lives and works in Perth. Compare Pitt Street farmer, Queen Street bushie, Collins Street cocky.at St George’s Terrace cocky, n.
Aus. Word Map 🌐 coods testicles [...] ‘I grew up in the central wheatbelt of W[estern] A[australia] and we were always referring to coods in this context. It was definitely a popular word’.at cods, n.1
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