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[UK] Marshall & Drysdale Journey among Men 164: Young Tim [...] walked down the valley in the hope of bagging a ’roo for meat.
at bag, v.
[UK] Marshall & Drysdale Journey among Men 160: Men [...] met there to buy provisions and to ‘blue’ their cheques on fiery spirits or shypoo, as colonial beer was called.
at blew, v.2
[UK] Marshall & Drysdale Journey among Men 90: To a south-eastern Australian a kookaburra that doesn’t laugh is a bit of a fraud, for, from the earliest colonial days, the so-called bushman’s dock has held a strong place in the affections of our people.
at bushman’s clock (n.) under bushman’s..., n.
[UK] Marshall & Drysdale Journey among Men 190: This unloveable trait has led to the application of the expression kipper to a certain type of Englishman. A kipper, by virtue of its processing, has become two-faced with no guts.
at kipper, n.1
[UK] Marshall & Drysdale Journey among Men 160: Men [...] met there to buy provisions and to ‘blue’ their cheques on fiery spirits or shypoo, as colonial beer was called.
at shypoo, n.
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