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Illywhacker choose

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[Aus] P. Carey Illywhacker 245: Eelerspee. It's like pig Latin. Spieler is ieler-spe and then iely-whacker. Illywhacker. See? [...] A trickster. A quandong. A ripperty man. A con-man.
at eelerspee, n.
[Aus] P. Carey Illywhacker 61: Only deriving pleasure from a loose-limbed flashness and not from any great demands on his skill or any pride in the final victory.
at flashness (n.) under flash, adj.
[Aus] P. Carey Illywhacker 245: ‘What’s an illywhacker?’ [...] A spieler [...] a trickster. A quandong. A ripperty man. A con-man.
at ripperty man, n.
[Aus] P. Carey Illywhacker 246: ‘What’s an illywhacker?’ [...] ‘A spieler [...] a trickster. A quandong. A ripperty man. A con-man.’.
at quandong, n.
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