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Travels in New South Wales choose

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[Aus] A. Marjoribanks Travels in New South Wales 85: A stone knife or blade of steel, carried about [...] in a small dilly under the arm – is scarcely ever laid aside.
at dilly-bag, n.
[Aus] A. Marjoribanks Travels in New South Wales 61: The thermometer is sometimes raised by them [hot winds] to 120 degrees in the shade, but they are invariably succeed by [...] a ‘brickfielder,’ which is a strong southerly wind.
at brickfielder (n.) under brick, n.
[Aus] A. Marjoribanks Travels in New South Wales 225: There is a large penitentiary erected for the female convicts, called the female factory at Parramatta.
at factory, n.1
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