1945 T. Ronan Strangers on the Ophir 42: ‘He got Paddy the job of fixing up the racecourse which is good money for some local battler as a rule’.at battler (n.) under battle, v.
1945 T. Ronan Strangers on the Ophir (1966) 46: Oh, just a frying-pan fighting man who blew in from Coronet with a silver cheque [GAW4].at frying-pan, adj.
1945 T. Ronan Strangers on the Ophir 39: A meat fritter known in the Kimberleys as a ‘Burdekin Duck’, and on the Burdekin as a ‘Kimberley Oyster’ [GAW4].at Kimberley, adj.