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[Aus] Gundagai Indep. (NSW) 25 May 3/1: It will be interesting to notice how the expatriated Gundagai gelding will shape beyant the border after his enforced spell. A Gundagai trainer votes him a regular ‘bonster’ over 6 furlongs.
at bonster, n.
[Aus] Gundagai Indep. (NSW) 16 July 2/5: DRUNK AND ‘LANGWIDGE’ Malcolm [...] pleaded guilty and was fined 2/6 [...] For using bad language he was ordered to pay 40/-.
at language, n.
[Aus] Gundagai Indep. (NSW) 5 Feb. 2/3: Thus the ‘Cooma Express’ in the course of a leaderette on the federal capital site [...] attempting to lug his ear [...] proposes to banquet the Federal members.
at lug someone’s ear (v.) under lug, v.1
[Aus] Gundagai Indep. (NSW) 27 July 2/7: He came back and ‘made his marble good’ for: three months.
at make one’s alley good (v.) under alley, n.3
[Aus] Gundagai Indep. (NSW) 4 Aug. 2/1: Most any one can be an editor. All the editor has to do is to sit at a desk [...] and edit such stuff as this: — 'Mrs. Kafoops, of Nangus, let a can opener slip last week and cut herself in the pantry’.
at Mrs Kafoops (n.) under kafoops, n.
[Aus] Gundagai Indep. (NSW) 2 July 3/2: This talk about prospects not ‘been too bright’ is all in my eye and Betty Martin.
at all my eye, phr.
[Aus] Gundagai Indep. (NSW) 18 Apr. 2/4: The Berremangra ladies, who know how to cook, prepared a ‘bonzerino’ supper.
at bonzarino, adj.
[Aus] Gundagai Indep. (NSW) 17 July 2/5: ‘Goodbye, Bob. These — coppers don’t know me from a — bar of soap. I’ll see you at — church!’.
at not know (B) from a bar of soap (v.) under not know..., v.
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