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The Workingman’s Paradise choose

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[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 29: ‘We can’t trust a lot of girls.’ [...] ‘They’d be ashamed to blackleg if once they got into the union.’.
at blackleg, v.
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 43: Hello, you blokes!
at bloke, n.
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 290: In two or three weeks every girl who’d had anything to do with stirring the others up was bounced for something or other.
at bounce, v.1
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 143: They [...] don’t cant much about knowing things aren’t right.
at cant, v.1
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 22: ‘Is he still carrying on?’ enquired Nellie, [...] ‘Of course, drink, drink, drink, whenever he gets a chance, and that seems pretty well always.’.
at carry on, v.
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 200: That’s only clap-trap.
at clap-trap, n.1
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 63: Here, I say [...] Aren’t you coming it a little too strong?
at come it strong (v.) under come it, v.1
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 104: If he came any of his law-de-dah squatter funny business on me I’d give him the straight wire.
at la-di-da(h), adj.
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 201: You’d regard it as quite square to freeze me out because I do talk straight.
at freeze out, v.
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 12: She has tricky ways that get over the men-folks. Mine won’t hear a word against her.
at get over, v.1
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 29: ‘By gum!’ interjected Ned. ‘Those girls were hummers.’.
at by gum! (excl.) under gum, n.2
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 29: ‘By gum!’ interjected Ned. ‘Those girls were hummers.’.
at hummer, n.1
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 190: First one joker in, then another.
at joker, n.1
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 12: ‘Well, she’s a big lump of a girl, too,’ [...] ‘Yes, and a vixen with her tongue when she gets started, for all her prim looks.’.
at lump, n.
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 6: One of her fits of indignation against pigging together.
at pig together (v.) under pig, v.1
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 3: ‘You didn’t hear that my Tom got the run yesterday, did you?’ ‘Did he? What a pity! I’m very sorry,’ said Nellie.
at get the run (v.) under run, n.
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 148: They fancy that if they can only smash our fellows they’ll have unionism smashed all over Australia.
at smash, v.1
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 17: ‘“Specks!” Damaged fruit, half rotten. The garbage of the rich sold as a feast to these poor little ones?’ cried Nellie, a hot anger in her face.
at speck, n.1
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 104: If he came any of his law-de-dah squatter funny business on me I’d give him the straight wire.
at straight wire (n.) under wire, n.1
[Aus] ‘John Miller’ Workingman’s Paradise 16: In one court two unkempt vile-tongued women of the town wrangled and abused each other to the amusement of the neighborhood.
at woman about town (n.) under woman, n.
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