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Militant : the life and times of Paddy Troy choose

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[Aus] S. Macintyre Militant 71: In the cattle yard, down on the wharf / Where only the ‘bulls’ can get a go, / There isn’t a chance to get picked up, / Unless you’re in the know.
at bull, n.1
[Aus] S. Macintyre Militant 137: Terms used to be bandied around like curses at a butchers’ picnic.
at butcher’s picnic (n.) under butcher, n.1
[Aus] (ref. to 1930s) S. Macintyre Militant 67: As many as 1500 lumpers would be working round the clock.
at lumper, n.1
[Aus] (ref. to 1930s) S. Macintyre Militant 71: The ‘pannikin boss,’as he was known, picked the men he wanted.
at pannikin boss (n.) under pannikin, n.
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