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[Aus] Sth Bourke & Mornington Jrnl 5 June 3/4: After some ‘barney’ they called for two gins.
at barney, n.2
[Aus] Sth Bourke & Mornington Jrnl 5 June 3/4: The called for two ‘gins,’ inviting the landlord to drink [...] he poured gin from a decanter for the men, and his own out of the ‘square’.
at square, n.
[Aus] Sth Bourke & Mornington Jrnl 5 June 3/4: ‘Swaggie’ grumbled at the high price charged for what he called ‘some thrash’.
at swaggie, n.
[Aus] Sth Bourke & Mornington Jrnl 5 June 3/4: Two swagsmen on the ‘wallaby’ entered and called for a beer.
at swagman, n.2
[Aus] S. Bourke & Mornington Jrnl (Richmond, Vic.) 24 Jan. 1s/1: I’m busted [...] case of clean smash.
at bust, adj.
[Aus] S. Bourke & Mornington Jrnl (Richmond, Vic.) 9 June 1s/6: The butcher took his wife that night / To see a two-bob play; / But in the forty-shilling box / Sat he who couldn’t pay.
at two-bob, adj.
[Aus] S. Bourke & Mornington Jrnl (Richmond, Vic.) 9 June 1s/6: ‘He’s gone bung,’ remarked the butcher; / Flat broke.
at go bung (v.) under bung, adj.2
[Aus] Sth Bourke & Mornington Jrnl (Richmond, Vic.) 18 May 1s/2: He slops his pannikin of damper-dust, stirs things around [...] thumps it twice [...] and there you are! The cake is ready for roasting.
at dust, n.
[Aus] Sth Bourke & Mornington Jrnl (Richmond, Vic.) 18 May 1s/2: It never seemed to strike those old identities as monotonous.
at old identity (n.) under old, adj.
[Aus] S. Bourke & Mornington Jrnl (Richmond, Vic.) 4 Dec. 2s/4: A new era of culture has dawned upon the Hub — the culture of muscle, of eye-closers and nose smashers [...] and rib-roasters.
at Hub, the, n.
[Aus] S. Bourke & Mornington Jrnl (Richmond, Vic.) 4 Dec. 2s/4: A new era of culture has dawned upon the Hub — the culture of muscle, of eye-closers and nose smashers [...] and rib-roasters.
at rib roaster, n.
[Aus] Sth Bourke & Mornington Jrnl (Richmond, Vic.) 30 Aug. 2/6: The conscientious councillor seems to be regarded by people generally as a ‘rara avis in terris,’ who resides ‘where the pelican builds her nest,’ or some equally retired situation.
at where the pelican builds her nest (n.) under pelican, n.
[Aus] S. Bourke & Mornington Jrnl (Richmond, Vic.) 6 June 3/2: Bill Wanchops has got a touch of influenza, but expects to be ryebuck by Saturday.
at ryebuck, adj.
[Aus] Sth Bourke & Mornington Jrnl (Richmond, Vic.) 3 May 22/7: With the exception of an occasional ‘razoo’ by the boys the Celestial and his better half go on well enough.
at razz, n.
[Aus] S. Bourke & Mornington Jrnl (Richmond, Vic.) 11 July 2/8: A bloque comes into a game of chance, which sounds rite for darnce.
at bloke, n.
[Aus] S. Bourke & Mornington Jrnl (Richmond, Vic.) 11 July 2/8: I into ’im with a knuckle duster on the bunch of fives.
at bunch of fives, n.
[Aus] S. Bourke & Mornington Jrnl (Richmond, Vic.) 11 July 2/8: I into ’im with a knuckle duster on the bunch of fives.
at into, prep.1
[Aus] S. Bourke & Mornington Jrnl (Richmond, Vic.) 11 July 2/8: I into ’im with a knuckle duster on the bunch of fives.
at knuckleduster, n.
[Aus] S. Bourke & Mornington Jrnl (Richmond, Vic.) 11 July 2/8: Ribuck, old cockalorum.
at old cockalorum (n.) under old, adj.
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