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Larrikins: 19th Century Outrage choose

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[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 40: The Tempe blokes just stopped one each / And then they guyed a whack. / ‘It isn’t on our programme / And, Gor’ bli’ me we are Jack.’.
at guy-a-whack, v.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 39: Fat Mag came down from Crown Street, / with little flat foot Poll / And Sally Jerks, the ice-cream bart, / And Bluey Murphy’s doll.
at bart, n.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 39: Then Micky from the Rocks jumped up / And said ‘Bli’me, ’er, you know, / If any bloke in the bleeding crowd / Would like to have a go’.
at blame, v.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 39: I’ll tell you of a ryebuck spree – / Gor’, blue me, it was grand.
at blue me!, excl.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 39: There was Paddy down from Gipps Street [...] And Ginger down from Glebe way, / With blue metal in his socks. [Ibid.] 40: Then Paddy [...] Socked Micky from the Rocks, / While Ginger made things lively / With the metal in his socks.
at blue-metal (v.) under blue, adj.1
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 39: Fat Mag came down from Crown Street, / with little flat foot Poll / And Sally Jerks, the ice-cream bart, / And Bluey Murphy’s doll.
at bluey, n.1
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 39: Now listen, rorty bummers, / And line up where I stand.
at bummer, n.3
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 39: ’Twas in Conky Bob’s old stable, / Who had lent it to the boys.
at conky, n.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 40: I’m quiet, I am, till I’m narked, / My talent are the same, / But when we deal it out you’ll find / We are no mugs at the game.
at deal it out (v.) under deal, v.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 39: Then Micky from the Rocks jumped up / And said ‘Bli’me, ’er, you know, / If any bloke in the bleeding crowd / Would like to have a go.’.
at have a go (v.) under go, n.1
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 39: I’ll tell you of a ryebuck spree – / Gor’, blue me, it was grand.
at gor!, excl.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 40: The Tempe blokes just stopped one each / And then they guyed a whack. / ‘It isn’t on our programme / And, Gor’ bli’ me we are jack.’.
at jack (jones), adj.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 40: I’m a cut above such jigs as that; / For spare me days, I am, / But it narks a bloomin’ girl to see / Such trollops put on jam.
at put on jam (v.) under jam, n.2
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 39: ’Twas in Conky Bob’s old stable, / Who had lent it to the boys / On condition that they’d not get juiced / Or kick up any noise.
at juiced, adj.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 39: Then Micky from the Rocks jumped up / And said ‘Bli’me, ’er, you know, / If any bloke in the bleeding crowd / Would like to have a go.’.
at you know, phr.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 40: The cops then came upon the scene / And lumbered one and all. / A quid and costs was the result / Of Fanny Flukem’s ball.
at lumber, v.1
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 39: For Little Ginger kept the door, / And swore ‘Lor; strike him fat,’ / If they didn’t part their deners up / he’d lay ’em cold and flat.
at strike me fat! (excl.) under strike me...!, excl.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 40: Then Fat Mag sailed in and mixed it, / And said, ‘You ice-cream trash, / I didn’t come in on the nod, / But parted up my smash’.
at mix it (up) (v.) under mix, v.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 40: I’m a cut above such jigs as that; / For spare me days, I am, / But it narks a bloomin’ girl to see / Such trollops put on jam.
at nark, v.1
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 39: For Little Ginger kept the door, / And swore ‘Lor; strike him fat,’ / If they didn’t part their deners up / he’d lay ’em cold and flat.
at part up (v.) under part, v.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 39: Now listen, rorty bummers, / And line up where I stand.
at rorty, adj.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 39: I’ll tell you of a ryebuck spree – / Gor’, blue me, it was grand.
at ryebuck, adj.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 40: Then Fat Mag sailed in and mixed it, / And said, ‘You ice-cream trash, / I didn’t come in on the nod, / But parted up my smash.’.
at smash, n.2
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 40: I’m a cut above such jigs as that; / For spare me days, I am, / But it narks a bloomin’ girl to see / Such trollops put on jam.
at spare my days! under spare, v.
[Aus] ‘Fanny Flukem’s Ball’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 40: The Tempe blokes just stopped one each / And then they guyed a whack. / ‘It isn’t on our programme / And, Gor’ bli’me we are jack.’.
at stop one (v.) under stop, v.
[Aus] ‘Kicking Their Livers Out’ in The Dead Bird (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 92: The beak will give him credit, and he’ll send you up the spout.
at up the spout under spout, n.2
[Aus] ‘The Rocks Push Eisteddfod’ Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 87: The leader of the Rocks push cursed [...] ‘Now, gosh! S’help me crikey!’.
at s’elp me bob!, excl.
[Aus] ‘The Rocks Push Eisteddfod’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 88: Such a biffing push of biffers ne’er before were on that beach, / Such ‘chawing’ and such ‘jobbing’ and such ‘give ’em Bondi’ tricks.
at chaw, v.
[Aus] ‘The Rocks Push Eisteddfod’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 88: Botany had been on the heathen chinkie’s trail / And come away triumphantly with many a long pigtail.
at Chinky, n.
[Aus] ‘The Rocks Push Eisteddfod’ in Bird o’ Freedom (Sydney) in J. Murray Larrikins (1973) 86: No ‘dealing out’ had late been done, no ‘copper’ had been ‘copped’.
at cop, v.
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