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[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 324: Life’s a bastard, and we’re all bastards together.
at bastard, n.
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 324: ‘Break it down!’ ‘Who said that—you, George? Break it down, eh?’.
at break it down, v.1
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 262: The Mallee fowl starts to stomp with the owl / Under the brolga’s brolly – by Jingo!
at brolly, n.
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 253: The tunic suited him. Maybe he would have done better to join the police. ‘The bulldogs,’ Lam hissed.
at bulldog, n.
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 345: Oh, bulldust!
at bulldust, n.
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 275: And that I can’t. I’d be dobbing in a mate.
at dob (in), v.
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 252: You haven’t a dog’s chance.
at dog’s chance (n.) under dog, n.2
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 339: Home to your rabbit holes, you drongos!
at drongo, n.
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 321: They all looked like Japanese. Slit-eyes everywhere.
at slant-eye, n.
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 319: He hated Delaney for the biggest lair out of Queensland.
at lair, n.2
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 315: ‘You made him his little mickey shield.’ [...] ‘the thing batsmen wear at cricket matches’.
at mickey, n.1
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 324: Well laugh, then, you muckers.
at mucker, n.2
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 339: He waved his hat. [...] The gesture was well received. ‘On yer, Klep!’ Tooramit and Boobyalla united in a great outburst of democratic pride.
at on you!, excl.
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 239: Did I ever pimp on a mate?
at pimp, v.
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 248: How would you like him to pull off a cool six thousand?
at pull, v.
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 311: Lacy was standing there, too, looking proud, with Charlie in his pusher.
at pusher, n.
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 353: You were in the big shindy? What did you want to get mixed up for?
at shindy, n.
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 324: Now I’m talking,’ He took a deep breath. ‘The shit-cart director [...] I even love your rotten dunnies.’.
at shit-cart (n.) under shit, n.
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 311: He wouldn’t mind seeing him hoist a big shit-can.
at shitcan, n.1
[Aus] D. Martin Hero of Too 350: It’s plain I am the biggest coward who ever was. The great ruck-rover. I stink.
at stink, v.
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