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Wayleggo (1953) 90: He was just a straight ahead bucker with no cunning tricks.at straight-ahead, adj.
Wayleggo (1953) 90: He was just a straight ahead bucker with no cunning tricks. Wayleggo (1953) 47: It was too dark—in Casey’s words, ‘black as the inside of a cow’.at black as..., adj.
Wayleggo (1953) 93: Boss produced a bottle of whisky, and [...] one decent nip had me silly as a hen.at ...a (wet) hen under silly as…, adj.
Wayleggo (1953) 78: We set out for the back-of-beyond, a twenty-four miles walk.at back of beyond (n.) under back, adv.
Wayleggo (1953) 51: I shouldered my bluey.at bluey, n.1
Wayleggo (1953) 34: It is the practice of musterers to carry billies [...] and to ‘boil-up’ [...] when circumstances permitted.at boil-up (n.) under boil, v.
Wayleggo (1953) 119: A foggy day is usually a cause for rejoicing [...] he and his dogs have a day off—in musterers’ parlance— ‘a day for a king.’.at day for a/the king (n.) under day, n.
Wayleggo (1953) 149: His cries for a reviver were so pitiful that we conducted an exhaustive search for a drop of the necessary.at drop, n.4
Wayleggo (1953) 47: Casey swore that he could beat McPherson with both his arms tied behind his back, and McPherson vowed that no Casey ‘ate the porridge’ to outdo a McPherson at anything.at eat the cookie (v.) under eat, v.
Wayleggo (1953) 78: We encountered a clutch of young Paradise ducks [...] so after them we went—flat out.at flat-out, adv.
Wayleggo (1953) 148: Battered and dented, Lizzie always seemed to get me there.at lizzie, n.1
Wayleggo (1953) 149: Climbing out of bed and donning clammy, greasy shearing mocker. [Ibid.] 154: Mocker: Clothes.at mocker, n.1
Wayleggo (1953) 149: His cries for a reviver were so pitiful that we conducted an exhaustive search for a drop of the necessary.at necessary, n.
Wayleggo (1953) 23: I [...] gave my swag to the new packie.at packie, n.
Wayleggo (1953) 115: Dodging old ‘roughies’ [wild cattle].at roughie, n.1
Wayleggo (1953) 35: We rolled our ‘swags,’ and headed for Glenthorne.at swag, n.1
Wayleggo (1953) 35: The gang set about ‘putting me under the table.’.at put someone under the table (v.) under under the table, adj.
Wayleggo 35: It was all walking country [...] the musterers travelling either per ‘Harry Pannell’ (walking) or riding on the pack dray. [Ibid.] 112: He had to wade into the creek [...] and get to work on Brandy with his Harry Pannells (boots).at travel per Harry Pannell (v.) under travel, v.
Wayleggo (1953) 94: It is [...] unfenced and affords plenty of opportunities for cunning woollies to dodge the musterers.at woolly, n.
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