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The Opal Fever choose

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[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ in Opal Fever 115: Now listen old billy-goat.
at billy-goat, n.1
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ in Opal Fever 100: O’er his bingie [I] strewed the tea— [...] The sugar at his feet I laid.
at bingy, n.
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ in Opal Fever 112: Go ahead you big blower.
at blower, n.2
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ in Opal Fever 100: The great Clan-Alpine had gone bung!
at go bung (v.) under bung, adj.2
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ in Opal Fever 116: Cursed be his pigtail, and cursed be his hide [...] I wish him no harm, but I hope that ere long, / All the Chinkies in Queensland will go to Hong-kong.
at Chinky, n.
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ in Opal Fever 115: I don’t care a button, Chinese are no chop.
at no chop, phr.
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ in Opal Fever 113: If any dashed new chum should set upon you, I’ll show you, you duffer, what I would do.
at dashed, adv.
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ Opal Fever 97: I prefer a little dibs.
at dibbs, n.
[US] J.H. Nicholson Opal Fever 5: Dog! [...] dog, that you are!
at dog, n.2
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ in Opal Fever 110: Say for a night, we want grub and a doss.
at doss, n.1
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ in Opal Fever 110: We might stop for a fortnight and twiddle our thumbs, / And cadge figs of backy from shearers and others.
at fig, n.4
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ in Opal Fever 112: We met i’ the forest a motley new chum, / Isn’t it odd, by the by, how few come / So far out west as Springsure Plains? / I suppose the poor jimmygrunts haven’t the brains.
at jimmy grant, n.
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ in Opal Fever 113: You coward, i’feggs.
at i’fecks!, excl.
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ in Opal Fever 97: I’ll tell you, Mate, — by jing / I’d rather load about and sing.
at jings!, excl.
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ Opal Fever 107: ‘I say have yez got / E’er a sup of cold tea in your jolly old pot?’ ‘Marry, that we have.’.
at marry!, excl.
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ Opal Fever 106: Methinks I’m posessed of some little nous!
at nous, n.
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ Opal Fever 106: Alpine, amazed, said ‘Well, may I be shot!’.
at I’ll be shot (if) under shoot, v.
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Bunkum in Parvo’ in Opal Fever 113: ‘Strangers,’ the form said, stepping in, / ‘What’s all this fighting, and what’s this din?’.
at stranger, n.
[US] J.H. Nicholson ‘Pat Brennan’s First Love’ in Opal Fever 123: Let go my hand, you sweep!
at sweep, n.
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