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Nor the Years Condemn choose

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[UK] R. Hyde Nor the Years Condemn 162: He crawled into bed [...] Too much Anzac day dinner and Macnamara made him look silly in the pub.
at Anzac day dinner (n.) under Anzac, adj.
[UK] R. Hyde Nor the Years Condemn 267: That’s only the Reds gabbing. Soapbox artists, we call them.
at soapbox artist, n.
[UK] R. Hyde Nor the Years Condemn 182: We can get all the shawls we want, without this bantam.
at bantam, n.
[UK] R. Hyde Nor the Years Condemn 128: They [...] heard wild pig crashing in the undergrowth. ‘Old Captain Cooker, eh?’ said Starkie.
at Captain Cook, n.
[UK] R. Hyde Nor the Years Condemn 285: Must ’a been a grand old clam-bake for the grand old Southern town.
at clambake, n.
[UK] R. Hyde Nor the Years Condemn 211: Come on, you copper’s nark.
at copper’s nark (n.) under copper, n.
[UK] R. Hyde Nor Years Condemn 171: ‘Righto, coming out.’ Out of eighty quarry-men, three stayed on the friendly road, and had to take to the bush for the day.
at friendly road, the, n.
[UK] R. Hyde Nor the Years Condemn 152: Two of them were drinking methylated spirits, which they called ‘metha’ and ‘Johnny Gee’.
at johnny gee, n.
[UK] R. Hyde Nor the Years Condemn 184: You get a divorce, Opal, eh? Fred’s a hard shot, but he wouldn’t stand in your way.
at hard shot, n.
[UK] R. Hyde Nor the Years Condemn 165: Don’t break your neck on it, and don’t mind if you’re called a Homie. After all, what does it mean? Somebody from Home. A bit sissy, but it could be worse.
at homey, n.1
[UK] R. Hyde Nor the Years Condemn 164: A lot of people called the New Zealanders Pig Islanders, and the Australians the Aussies.
at Pig Islander (n.) under Pig Island, n.
[UK] R. Hyde Nor the Years Condemn 185: He had a job attending the ‘lighthouse’ at the Napier Gaol.
at lighthouse, n.
[UK] R. Hyde Nor the Years Condemn 152: Two of them were drinking methylated spirits, which they called ‘metha’ and ‘Johnny Gee’.
at meths, n.1
[UK] R. Hyde Nor the Years Condemn 85: ‘That doesn’t buy our drinks,’ said Sam. Another man said: ‘We’ll sell a horse, and find out who pays.’.
at sell a horse (v.) under sell, v.
[UK] R. Hyde Nor the Years Condemn 283: What is he? Rich joker, doing a bit of slumming, or just another creeping Jesus without the dog collar? Or does he think he’s top dog?
at top dog (n.) under top, adj.
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