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Portland Guardian 12 Feb. n.p.: Pot-valiant urchins training for the drop.at pot-valiant (adj.) under pot, n.1
Portland Guardian 12 Feb. n.p.: Pot-valiant urchins training for the drop.![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia")
Portland Guardian (Vic.) 10 Feb. 2/5: It appears our nymphs de pave occasionally visit Geelong, to transact a little business.at nymph of the pavé, n.
Portland Guardian (Vic.) 28 Dec. 2/5: ‘I shall jist agitate the communicator and kape you company till he come.’ So saying, innocent Barnabas O’Rourke rung the bell.at agitate the communicator (v.) under agitate, v.
Portland Guardian (Vic.) 23 Jan. 2/6: The natives are primitive, and the real Guernsey man, you would be inclined to think was, to use a ‘slang phrase,’ not all there.at not all there, adj.
Portland Guardian (Vic.) 5 Oct. 5/5: One of your correspondents in criticising the absurdity and evil of Immigration, declared that ‘forty swaggies had crossed Hotspur Bridge in one month’.at swaggie, n.
Portland Guardian 27 Oct. 2/7: Is the old fellow going to surprise us, and is it all ‘cokum’ about his leg? Spare my days, he gallops — yes, gallops.at cocum, n.
Portland Guardian 27 Oct. 2/7: Spare my days, he gallops — yes, gallops.at spare my days! under spare, v.
Portland Guardian 5 May 4/2: Bust me bricks if she didn’t kep him fed on swagger lunches.at bust my . . . ! (excl.) under bust, v.1
Portland Guardian 5 May 4/2: Shagger me shad if i didn’t ketch ’im huggin’ er. But she turned it off kind a carelesslike, so I let it go at that.at turn off, v.3
Portland Guardian (Vic.) 26 Feb. 3/1: Peter v. Adam — Rafferty’s Rules [...] Some amusing evidence in what appeared to be a ‘rough and tumble mix up’ was heard at Portland Police Court.at Rafferty’s rules, n.
Portland Guardian (Vic.) 11 Oct. 3/3: Editors, especially country editors, get a great deal of ‘dope‘— that is, a lot of publicity matter.at dope, n.3
Portland Guardian (Vic.) 2 July 3/7: The bus took the air, fluttered hesitatingly and promptly dived into the big drink.at bus, n.2
Portland Guardian (Vic.) 2 July 3/7: The bus took the air, fluttered hesitatingly and promptly dived into the big drink.at big drink (n.) under drink, n.1
Gen 1 Sept. 13/1: When Jenny the Wren is fed up with the world she is ‘chokker’.at chokka, adj.
Gen 1 Sept. 13/1: Sleeping is ‘zizzing’ whether it’s on the job or in the hammock [OED].at zizz, v.
Portland Guardian (Vic.) 26 Nov. 3/4: Slice your cheese and serve it with salad, ‘flossied’ up in a gay coloured bowl.at flossy (up), v.
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