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West. Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 8 Jan. 35/3: The [fishing] party were caught by a southerly buster and the launch capsized.at southerly buster, n.
West. Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 8 Jan. 35/3: The [fishing] party were caught by a southerly buster and the launch capsized. West. Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 9 Dwec. n.p.: The ex-soldier requesting ‘Buck-shee-pozzi grease’ at tea-time merely desires another piece of bread and jam.at grease, n.1
Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 15 June 1/4: There are many other two-up phrases such as ‘Give them a burl’ (a good spin).at give it a burl (v.) under burl, n.
Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 15 June 1/4: ‘You come in on the grouter.’ I heard the phrase at a game of two-up.at come in on the grouter (v.) under grouter, n.
Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 15 June 1/4: An inveterate imbiber is called ‘a steady lapper’.at lapper, n.
Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 15 June 1/4: One of the most picturesque exclamations of the Australian soldier [...] ‘Well, Sydney or the bush,’ when a Digger risks all on the spin of a coin.at Sydney or the bush under Sydney, n.
Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 15 June 1/4: In the national game of two-up the spinner [...] ‘does a trot’ (heads the two pennies a number of times).at trot, n.2
West. Argus (WA) 24 May 7s/2: High quality tells all the time: / Mere cheapness is merely a waste of good cash / On ‘cagmag’ which cannot endure.at cagmag, n.
Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 5 Dec. 35/2: Outback ‘jacky’ is regarded as the bushman’s clock, for at first streak of day this uncanny bird fills the paddock [...] with homeric peals of laughter.at bushman’s clock (n.) under bushman’s..., n.
Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 5 Dec. 35/2: Outback ‘jacky’ is regarded as the bushman’s clock, for at first streak of day this uncanny bird fills the paddock [...] with homeric peals of laughter.at jacko, n.
West. Argus (Kalgoorlie) 10 July 7/1: The curious name of ‘Nigger Heaven’ is givn by the people of New York to the Harlem district where all its negroes have congregated.at nigger heaven (n.) under nigger, n.1
Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 20 Aug. 6/2: The Multnomah baseball team [...] registered the second whitewash of its tour when it shut out the Victorian State side.at whitewash, n.
Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 9 May 7/4: The Vandemonians, as convicts transported to tasmania were called, included many wild and desperate characters.at vandemonianism, n.
Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 8 Dec. 32/1: A policeman the other night was to be seen with that rara avis — a light on a police bicycle. [...] Another ‘hot scone’ on Thursday afternoon rode up Maritana bridge and coasted down the other side with both hands off the handle bars.at hot scone, n.
West. Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 6 July 17/1: Wifey said she felt ill and asked her spouse to go to the rubbadub for a deaner’s worth of brandy.at rub-a-dub, n.2
West. Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 6 July 17/1: Hubby [...] pulled a pair of ‘rammy rousers’ over his pyjamas.at rammy rousers, n.
West. Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 6 July 17/1: Wifey said she felt ill and asked her spouse to go to the rubbadub for a deaner’s worth of brandy.at wifey, n.
Western Argus (Kalgoorlie, WA) 15 Mar. 7/1: What on earth is a ‘Murray whaler,’ you may ask. Well [...] he is simply a swagman, who, instead of travelling on foot, owns a boat, and, with all his worldly belongings [...] he drifts, rows and camps along the great inland waterway.at Murrumbidgee whaler (n.) under Murrumbidgee, n.
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