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[NZ] Southern Cross (Adelaide) 5 May 19/2: [orig. Indian text] It did not take long to slip into her habit, and she finished her ‘Chotah Hazri’ whilst so doing.
at chota hazri under chota, adj.
[NZ] Southern Cross (Adelaide) 24 May 11/2: Some of you jokers will come the ounce about this. But that’s all right about you. We’re not taking any back slack, and if you don’t break it down we’ll wipe you off and go you scone hot .
at backslack (n.) under back, adj.2
[NZ] Southern Cross (Adelaide) 24 May. 11/2: Some of you jokers will come the ounce [sic] about this. But that’s all right about you. We’re not taking any back slack, and if you don’t break it down we’ll wipe you off and go you scone hot.
at come (on) the bounce (v.) under bounce, n.1
[NZ] Southern Cross (Adelaide) 24 May. 11/2: You reckon slang’s the fair cow; well we reckon it’s fair dinkum. Dicken we don’t!
at fair cow (n.) under fair, adj.
[NZ] Southern Cross (Adelaide) 24 Feb. 9/1: There was the scraggymoustached Salvarmy with his mouth wide open singing,.
at Salvarmy, n.
[Aus] Southern Cross (Adelaide) 27 Jan. 6/1: Show him the latest sky scrapers and he will say, ‘They’ve just put up a two-storey place in Oodna Woop-Woop East [...] and it’s a pretty classy job, I can tell you’.
at Oodnagalahbi(e), n.
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