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[Aus] Mudgee Guardian (NSW) 7 Dec. 2/7: [headline] Just the Glassy Marble.
at glassy (alley), the, n.
[Aus] Mudgee Guardian (NSW) 16 July 18/3: Now, during my lifetime I have heard some very strange sayings, and the one that I am going to quote is one of them, and here it is: ‘All behind like Barney's bull’.
at all behind like Barney’s bull under barney’s bull, n.
[Aus] Mudgee Guardian (NSW) 10 Dec. 20/3: The controversey [sic] in the newspapers has brought out the fact that the longest 3d beer in Australia is obtainable in Adelaide. It is nick-named ‘a butcher’ from the name of the publican who introduced the peculiar shaped glass or mug.
at butcher, n.3
[Aus] Mudgee Guardian (NSW) 8 May 6/3: The local cleaner and presser and the man with the wobbling boots were keen spectators.
at wobbly boots (v.) under wobble, n.
[Aus] Mudgee Guardian (NSW) 24 Sept. 3/6: There is no doubt that the ‘Sallies,’ as they are affectionately known, do wonderful work.
at Sally, n.
[Aus] Mudgee Guardian (NSW) 2 Sept. 2/3: Metho. Recipes [...] ‘Bidgee’ — Methylated spirits and cheap wine (half and half) tablespoon tan boot polish, raisins, a little sugar and water; tobacco if desired to make extra ‘tasty’ and quick-acting. Thi concoction [...] is called Bidgee.
at bidgee, n.
[Aus] Mudgee Guardian (NSW) 24 Jan. 13/3: Let him therefore put away the wildness of hobbledehoy-hood, and go In lemons, not for any mealy-mouthed Joe Surface-ism, but for a decorousness of demeanor.
at lemons, adv.
[Aus] Mudgee Guardian (NSW) 30 Mar. 10/7: [headline] He Can’t Shoot / A Bit Rough on Daddy.
at a bit rough (adj.) under rough, adj.
[Aus] Mudgee Guardian (NSW) 21 Nov. 3/1: It looked as if the dry weather would flatten the tomato Derby this year, but it takes a lot to knock the ‘tommy’ enthusiast off his perch.
at tommy, n.4
[Aus] Mudgee Guardian (NSW) 8 Jan. 7/3: When the beer shortage became so terribly depressing in Mudgee, quite a lot of the hop addicts started mopping up the bottled hard stuff [...] Anyhow, the boys quickly acquired the wobbly boots complex, with, of course, the inevitable hang-over.
at wobbly boots (v.) under wobble, n.
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