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Capricornia 197: A train coming, already more than two hours overdue, and there was that old fool, blind as a bat and drunk as a jigger and silly as a cut snake, riding out to meet it.at drunk as (a)..., adj.
Capricornia 197: A train coming, already more than two hours overdue, and there was that old fool, blind as a bat and drunk as a jigger and silly as a cut snake, riding out to meet it. Capricornia (1939) 348: He was glad, being loath to go further, because the road got bumpier as one went along, and he was suffering a recovery from a week-end jag.at suffer a recovery, v.
Capricornia (1939) 115: Who’s paying? [...] Abo Department?at abo, n.
Capricornia (1939) 370: Don’t futt about. I want my money — or by cripes I’ll make a row.at futt about, v.
Capricornia (1939) 69: Please don’t take no notice of poor Frank, Mister Shillingsworth. I’m afraid he’s not all there.at not all there, adj.
Capricornia (1939) 65: It was Frank, son of the widow McLash, or her Pride and Joy as she called him.at pride and joy, n.
Capricornia (1939) 339: When they find they been jilted, go mad as snakes, get out the gun, saddle up — and a-huntin’ we will go.at ...a cut snake under mad as..., adj.
Capricornia (1939) 117: There was Jock in the middle of the crowd, waving his wideawake and shouting.at wide-awake, n.
Capricornia (1939) 26: I give you plenty tucker, plenty bacca, plenty everything.at bacca, n.
Capricornia (1939) 202: The time the last hog that held it died — bad cess to him!at bad cess to you! (excl.) under bad, adj.
Capricornia (1939) 69: Garn — bag y’r ’ead!at bag your head! (excl.) under bag, v.
Capricornia (1939) 17: There were other handsome articles lying about, some in wraps of paper-bark, finely woven dilly-bags and slings and belts.at dilly-bag, n.
Capricornia (1939) 221: He hoped to live the rest of his life as a beef-baron.at baron, n.
Capricornia (1939) 20: It suddenly ended in a battle-royal that raged till the coming of the first sun of the year and half the police-force.at battle-royal (n.) under battle, n.
Capricornia (1939) 194: If you bawl at me I’ll ring you off.at bawl out, v.1
Capricornia (1939) 340: Men always goes rampin’ about a woman that’s got ’em beat in the way of bein’ incomprehensible.at have someone/something beat (v.) under beat, v.
Capricornia (1939) 202: Bedad, man dear, they’d be gettin’ sweet but-all if I didn’t!at bedad!, excl.
Capricornia (1939) 90: She said to people sitting with her that she would bet her bottom dollar that he was taking Nawnim up to Town to throw him at Mark’s head.at bet one’s bottom dollar (v.) under bet, v.
Capricornia (1939) 352: You may bet your boots that some of the piccanins have genius too.at bet one’s boots (v.) under bet, v.
Capricornia (1939) 486: Grows up to what? — you horse-faced bible-puncher.at bible-puncher (n.) under bible, n.
Capricornia (1939) 526: You can’t lock him up. What’s the idea?at what’s the (big) idea?, phr.
Capricornia (1939) 32: Carn do. More better first you pay up big money you owe.at big, adj.
Capricornia (1939) 13: He began to consider himself a finished Booze Artist, not knowing how he carried his grog [...] since he learnt the trick of taking a hair of the dog.at hair of the dog (that bit one), n.
Capricornia (1939) 369: ‘Why — what’s bitin’ you?’ asked Frank, a trifle impatiently.at what’s biting you? under bite, v.
Capricornia (1939) 22: Oscar was accused of that worst of all offences in Civil Service — Blabbing.at blab, v.
Capricornia (1939) 13: He began to take an interest in native women, or Black Velvet as they were called collectively.at black velvet (n.) under black, adj.
Capricornia (1939) 265: He went as far as Cape Nordoster, gathering converts by simply black birding them.at blackbirding, n.
Capricornia (1939) 65: She swallowed, and staring at the bottles muttered, ‘Don’t try to blarney me ——’.at blarney, v.
Capricornia (1939) 130: Damn and blast the filthy rogue!at blast, v.1
Capricornia (1939) 397: Oh blast it! [...] I know who it was.at blast!, excl.
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