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Sowers of the Wind choose

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[Aus] T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 5: I’ll think of you slaving your guts out while I’m teaching some little slit-eye a thing or two.
at know a thing or two, v.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 109: ‘What can we use, Andy?’ ‘Use?’ ‘Yes — to do the black apes over with. There’s six of them!’.
at ape, n.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 22: ‘Oh, up your dinger!’ Andy shouted.
at up your arse!, excl.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 203: He’s in a heck of a mood today, a fair b.
at b, n.1
[Aus] T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of Wind 44: The only difference is, it was all done with one bloody bomb—that’s what makes it one out of the bag. One place that’s been skittled is like any other, otherwise.
at one out of the bag, n.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 27: Wait until you see Hiroshima [...] I bet those yellow-bellies hate our guts!
at yellow belly, n.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 73: ‘Who cares?’ ‘Blubberguts, for one.’.
at blubber-gut (n.) under blubber, n.2
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 28: We don’t want to get jacked-up, that’s what [...] We got no blue-light outfit with us.
at blue-light (clinic), n.
[Aus] T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 45: ‘I’m getting a bosker headache’.
at bosker, adj.
[Aus] T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of Wind 3: Penicillin’ll take care of that. They reckon they just pump you full of it, and bingo! No more jack!
at jack (in the box), n.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 5: It’s all the same—black, brown, or brindle.
at brindle, n.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 3: ‘You be careful, cock, or you’ll get good and burnt!’ ‘Penicillin’ll take care of that.’.
at burn, v.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 23: Now why don’t you button your trap and give Sally a hand.
at button one’s lip, v.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 146: Why chew the rag about it?
at chew the rag, v.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 160: His sheila’s in the pudding club.
at pudding club, n.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 139: I [...] squash any complaints his Nips bring against him. Compree?
at comprende?, excl.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 164: The war’s over, yeah! Don’t let none of these conchy bastards work y’ to death.
at conchie, n.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 171: Here you’ll do as you’re told, and it won’t include getting familiar with these bloody coolies.
at coolie, n.1
[Aus] T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 69: ‘And what did you do to cop the crow, Nocker?’ ‘Damn all!’ the man called Nocker grunted. ‘If it was rainin' palaces I’d get hit on the head with the handle of the dunny door.’.
at cop the crow (v.) under cop, v.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 1: Remember that blondie crow in the milk-bar.
at crow, n.2
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 154: Now the upper crust has gone [...] we can have some fun.
at upper crust, n.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 107: Some Indians, cutting up rusty in the village.
at cut up (a) rusty (v.) under cut up, v.1
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 254: That harpy I used to live with didn’t have any up to the time I diced her.
at dice, v.1
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 170: Then some dill padre has a go at us.
at dill, adj.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 154: Linden with out a word [...] took his leave of James. [...] ‘Dingoed it!’ Stewart muttered succinctly.
at dingo, v.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 203: ‘Oh dip your eye!’ Stewart told him testily.
at dip your eye! (excl.) under dip, v.2
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 170: Some dill padre has a go at us [about V.D.], only he doesn’t quite know what to say, and one of the boys sings out, ‘You mean, when we’re having a bit of a do, sir?’ Cripes, I thought I’d die laughing.
at have a bit of a do (v.) under do, n.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 27: We could all be dominoed and chucked into a sewer.
at domino, v.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 203: They reckon they pulled the guts out of some place up town, raped the sheilas, and played Larry Dooley.
at give someone Larry Dooley (v.) under Larry Dooley, n.
[Aus] (con. 1940s) T.A.G. Hungerford Sowers of the Wind 170: Then some M.O. [...] tells us that the girls are all dosed up, and not to go playing around.
at dosed (up), adj.
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