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[Aus] E. Favenac ‘Parson’s Blackboy’ in Murdoch & Drake-Brockman Classic Australian Short Stories (1997) 22: You’re not a bad sort, I can see; but don’t come the blooming innercent!
at come the..., v.
[Aus] B. Baynton ‘Scrammy ’And’ in Murdoch & Drake-Brockman Classic Australian Short Stories (1997) 42: No blowey carn’t get in there, eh? The dog looked at the meat [...] noted the resting-place of two disturbed ‘bloweys’.
at blowie, n.1
[Aus] B. Baynton ‘Scrammy ’And’ in Murdoch & Drake-Brockman Classic Australian Short Stories (1997) 40: It had been ‘worritin’’ him all day.
at worrit, v.
[Aus] L. Robinson ‘Memoirs of a Professional Escaper’ in Murdoch & Drake-Brockman Aus. Short Stories (1951) 215: We were both of us what, in the back country, are called ‘warbs’, meaning confirmed and irredeemable loafers.
at warb, n.
[Aus] C. Thiele ‘Lock-Out’ in Chatfield & Williamson Aus. Stories 91: Yeah? Hot dog!
at hot dog!, excl.
[Aus] C. Thiele ‘Lock-Out’ in Chatfield & Williamson Aus. Stories 98: Nice couple of galahs we’d look if the police turned up.
at galah, n.
[Aus] G. Casey ‘Rich Stew’ in Chatfield & Williamson Aus. Stories 19: It’s the rich gravy a man likes after livin’ on hash-house tucker for so long.
at hash-house, n.
[Aus] C. Thiele ‘Lock-Out’ in Chatfield & Williamson Aus. Stories 90: ‘Holy cats!’ he ejaculated.
at holy cats! (excl.) under holy...!, excl.
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