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‘Over There’ with the Australians 234: Lying snugly in a car wrapped in many blankets, and only disturbed by [...] the nurse rousing me at six ‘ack emma’ (A. M.) to have my face and hands washed.at ack emma, n.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 234: Lying snugly in a car wrapped in many blankets, and only disturbed by [...] the nurse rousing me at six ‘ack emma’ (A. M.) to have my face and hands washed. ‘Over There’ with the Australians 135: They had a special objection to carrying fresh water, and nearly always bolted when they discovered it was ‘Adam’s ale’ that was swishing about on the outside of their hump.at Adam’s ale (n.) under Adam, n.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 6: What healthy youngster, with ‘all out-of-doors’ around him, would study by himself?at all outdoors, n.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 33: Go and bag your head!at bag your head! (excl.) under bag, v.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 19: The ‘Binghis’ (natives of New Guinea), when they saw him, blamed him for a recent tidal wave.at binghi, n.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 254: I would go into the city, do the block, have afternoon tea [...] and as there seemed nothing else to be done, would return to the hospital.at do the block (v.) under block, n.8
‘Over There’ with the Australians 24: They just made up their swags and ‘humped the bluey’ for the coast.at hump one’s bluey (v.) under bluey, n.1
‘Over There’ with the Australians 5: As the boche fire also stopped soon afterward, we were able to scurry back.at Boche, n.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 137: We were also able to [...] relieve the monotony of marmalade jam with ‘bullocky’s joy.’ This last is merely molasses or ‘golden syrup’ called ‘bullocky’s joy,’ sometimes ‘cocky’s delight’ because it is the chief covering for slices of bread with the bullock-driver or cocky farmer in Australia.at bullocky’s joy (n.) under bullocky, n.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 87: A weather-beaten old bushie.at bushy, n.1
‘Over There’ with the Australians 69: They served out hot tea and in a few moments grumbling gave place to ‘chiaching’; criticism that a few moments ago had been edged was now good-humored.at chi-ike, v.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 134: We carried off the ‘championship cup,’ beating the ‘Chocolates’ by two or three points. We might not have been so elated had not the ‘Chocs.’ been such nuts on themselves, for they had been offering ten to one on their chances.at choc, n.1
‘Over There’ with the Australians 133: There was a good deal of rivalry between us and another brigade known as ‘The Chocolate Soldiers’. They received this nickname because they were the most completely equipped unit that ever left Australia.at chocolate soldier, n.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 240: There was a little nurse, mostly on night duty, who was dubbed ‘Choom,’ for she came from Yorkshire and had a rich brogue.at choom, n.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 137: We were also able to [...] relieve the monotony of marmalade jam with ‘bullocky’s joy.’ This last is merely molasses or ‘golden syrup’ called ‘bullocky’s joy,’ sometimes ‘cocky’s delight’ because it is the chief covering for slices of bread with the bullock-driver or cocky farmer in Australia.at cocky’s delight (n.) under cocky, n.2
‘Over There’ with the Australians 83: There were beauties there from many nations [...] who were tickled to death to be escorted by the bronzed giants from ‘down-under’.at down under, n.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 75: The only shots these fellows heard all day were the popping of the corks in the wet canteen! (No charge to the ‘drys’ for this story!).at dry, n.1
‘Over There’ with the Australians 73: And some polite merchants were sorely puzzled when the effect of their well-chosen words and bow was an unintentional biting of the dust.at bite the dust (v.) under dust, n.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 19: Some girl must have jilted him, and this was his revenge on the fluffy things.at fluffy, adj.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 110: Few could shave, and you soon could not recognise the face of your best chum as it hid itself beneath a growth of some reddish fungus.at fungus, n.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 59: Another real artist played the mandolin, and when he appeared with it first of all he was greeted with cries of ‘Gertie!’ As he played, however he held the boys spellbound [...] though many still held that a mandolin was a ‘sissy’ instrument.at Gertie, n.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 47: On the third finger of the left hand under her glove you would surely find a diamond half-hoop.at hoop, n.1
‘Over There’ with the Australians 260: On Saturdays I felt it might be a Jew or a Seventh-Day Adventist, but then it [i.e. a paralysed leg] did not work on other days either, so I thought it must be I. W. W., ‘I Won’t Work’ as they are called in Australia.at I Won’t Work, n.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 80: The first Egyptian word we learned was ‘Imshi!’ literally, ‘Get!’ – but it generally required the backing of a military boot to make it effective.at imshee!, excl.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 195: We ‘bushies’ and ‘outbackers’ from the Land of the Kangaroo.at Kangarooland (n.) under kangaroo, n.1
‘Over There’ with the Australians 28: There was many a bushman who had never seen a city before who carried a load of liquor that made even his well-seasoned head spin. The ‘chain lightning’ of the bush was outclassed with the cinematograph whiskey of the city.at chain lightning (n.) under lightning, n.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 22: Way out back in the Never Never Land of Australia there lives a patriotic breed of humans who know little of the comforts of civilized life.at never-never, the, n.1
‘Over There’ with the Australians 134: We might not have been so elated had not the ‘Chocs.’ been such ‘nuts’ on themselves, for they had been offering ten to one on their chances.at nuts on, adj.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 189: Official reports of the later battles in 1918 tell us that the shell-fire on the Somme was a mere popgun show to these battles.at popgun, n.
‘Over There’ with the Australians 164: From this pozzie one of my boys saw a German Staff car.at possie, n.
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