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Indep. (Footscray, Vic.) 3 Apr. 2/6: Mr Patrick [...] received a well-deserved encore for his excellent manipulation of the ‘Constant Screamer’.at constant screamer, n.
Indep. (Footscray, Vic.) 3 Apr. 2/6: Mr Patrick [...] received a well-deserved encore for his excellent manipulation of the ‘Constant Screamer’. Independent (Footscray, Vic.) 21 May 3/4: Then we have ‘Lob-do-minion,’ ‘Puny-um-jum,’ ‘Cracker Hash,’ ‘Burgoo’ (porridge).at burgoo, n.
Independent (Footscray, Vic.) 21 May 3/4: ‘Daddyfunk’ is biscuits ground down with molasses, which taastes splendid.at dandyfunk, n.
Independent (Footscray, Vic.) 21 May 3/4: Dog’s body is pea soup (made with invisble peas) and broken biscuits mixed together.at dogsbody, n.
Independent (Footscray, Vic.) 21 May 3/4: Then we have ‘Lob-do-minion,’ ‘Puny-um-jum,’ ‘Cracker Hash,’ ‘Burgoo’ (porridge).at lob-dominion, n.
Independent (Footscray, Vic.) 21 May 3/4: We also have a dish which bears the somewhat ghastly title of ‘Harriet Lane,’ known as Irish stew.at Harriet Lane, n.
Independent (Footscray, Vic.) 21 May 3/4: We have ‘hash-ma-gandy,’ which is composed of sea biscuits broken up into very small pieces mixed with beef and anything else we can get.at hashmagandy, n.
Independent (Footscray, Vic.) 23 May 3/3: The court case does not enter into full details [...] of the contending parties, but from the unmatronly, unworthy, unwifely prayer of the aggressor and the plaint of her present lord and master, it may be fairly assumed that she is either frisky and frolicsome, young and canty or inane and imbecile.at canty, adj.2
Independent (Footscray, Vic.) 14 Nov. 3/4: [H]is mate, who was standing on the opposite side of the street and said he was keeping ‘nit’ whilst Perkins went into the shop.at keep nit (v.) under nit!, excl.2
Independent (Footscray, Vic.) 7 Jan. 2/8: I’m bettin’ on a dead-sure thing.at dead, adv.
Independent (Footscray, Vic.) 7 Jan. 2/8: There’s the ball, dead to rights — see it, fellows?at dead to rights, phr.
Independent (Footscray, Vic.) 7 Jan. 2/8: Here you are — forty in the long green.at long green, n.
Independent (Footscray, Vic.) 7 Jan. 2/8: Come, hurrah, boys — who’s next.at on the hurrah under hurrah, n.
Independent (Footscray, Vic.) 7 Jan. 2/8: I’m bettin’ on a dead-sure thing. Lift the cup, perfesser.at professor, n.
Indep. (Footscray, Vic.) 4 Apr. 2/7: There was enough motion to keep a good many below, but as far as I was concerned I had not lost a meal, and already felt better.at lose a meal (v.) under lose, v.
Independent (Footscray, Vic.) 25 June 5/5: [title] The Murrumbidgee Whaler Hurrah! for the jolly old whaler’s life / Hurrah! for the wallaby track.at Murrumbidgee whaler (n.) under Murrumbidgee, n.
Indep. (Footscray, Vic.) 18 Mar. 3/2: Smith’s bowling encountered much ‘paste’, or rather it ‘got slops,’ a rather disappointing feature just as the final is approaching.at paste, n.2
Indep. (Footscray, Vic.) 18 Mar. 3/2: Smith’s bowling encountered much ‘paste’, or rather it ‘got slops,’ a rather disappointing feature just as the final is approaching.at get slops (v.) under slop, n.1
Indep. (Footscray, Vic.) 19 Feb. 3/5: Usually one of the most sober men in this town, the strikes have got on my ‘quince,’ and have given way to drink.at get on someone’s quince (v.) under quince, n.
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