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Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW) 18 Sept. 2/1: [A] pugilist who has sprained his knuckles is said [...] to have ‘smashed his bunch of fives,’ [...] to have ‘spiflicated his flipper,’ or ‘played old Harry with his mawley’.at bunch of fives, n.
Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW) 18 Sept. 2/1: [A] pugilist who has sprained his knuckles is said [...] to have ‘smashed his bunch of fives,’ [...] to have ‘spiflicated his flipper,’ or ‘played old Harry with his mawley’. Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW) 18 Sept. 2/1: [A] pugilist who has sprained his knuckles is said [...] to have ‘smashed his bunch of fives,’ [...] to have ‘spiflicated his flipper,’ or ‘played old Harry with his mawley’.at flipper, n.1
Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW) 18 Sept. 2/1: [A] pugilist who has sprained his knuckles is said [...] to have ‘smashed his bunch of fives,’ [...] to have ‘spiflicated his flipper,’ or ‘played old Harry with his mawley’.at play old Harry (with) (v.) under Old Harry, n.
Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW) 18 Sept. 4/1: A racehorse with damaged legs is described [...] as ‘done up in his pins’ and [...] ‘weak in his understanding,’ or ‘shaky in his timbers’.at pin, n.
Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW) 18 Sept. 2/1: [A] pugilist who has sprained his knuckles is said [...] to have ‘smashed his bunch of fives,’ [...] to have ‘spiflicated his flipper,’ or ‘played old Harry with his mawley’.at spiflicate, v.
Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW) 18 Sept. 4/1: A racehorse with damaged legs is described [...] as ‘done up in his pins’ and [...] ‘weak in his understanding,’ or ‘shaky in his timbers’.at timbers, n.
Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW) 18 Sept. 4/1: A racehorse with damaged legs is described [...] as ‘done up in his pins’ and [...] ‘weak in his understanding,’ or ‘shaky in his timbers’.at understandings, n.1
Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW) 23 July 4/1: The tragical event by which so many lives were sacrificed [...] and by which so I much consternation was created in the ‘flash houses’ of this city [...] will go far, woebelieve, to abolish the brutalizing practice of prize-fighting.at flash house (n.) under flash, adj.
Illawarra Mercury (Aus.) 4 Aug. n.p.: The Bulli gentleman, who knew his way about pretty well, and who felt that he could do a ‘long sleever’ himself, led the Civic Father into a hotel (we will not say which one).at do, v.1
Illawarra Mercury (Aus.) 4 Aug. n.p.: The Bulli gentleman, who knew his way about pretty well, and who felt that he could do a ‘long sleever’ himself, led the Civic Father into a hotel (we will not say which one).at long-sleever (n.) under long, adj.
Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW) 22 Oct. 2/5: The fishing is very lively during the autumn months. Prawns, pippies and nippers will be found the best bait.at nipper, n.4
Illawarra Mercury (Wollongong, NSW) 17 Dec. 11/4: Wellington and Half Wellington boots with well-wrinkled ankle-sides and squares toes, bell-bottomed trousers, ‘Tommy Dodd’ coats, white shirts with pleated fronts, and wide-awake hats completed the outfit.at tommy dodd, n.3
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