1955 D. Niland Shiralee 96: All they could do was [...] string him a line of heifer dust as long as your arm.at string (along), v.
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 37: The child was on his hammer from the moment he woke.at on someone’s hammer (and tack) under hammer and tack, n.
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 94: A circular detailing the merits of So-and-so’s combs and cutters.at so-and-so, n.
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 141: I’m not asking for charity [...] Just a little help on appro.at on appro (adv.) under appro, n.1
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 142: Tin-bum, they call me. I get on to opal [...] wherever I sink a shaft.at tin-arse, n.
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 19: Just like them [...] to drop on to the arse-end of Australia to start their maiden journey.at arse-end, n.
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 132: I could have kicked him in the ask-no-questions a dozen times a day.at ask-no-questions, n.
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 122: He’d come the smoodge to the women for a bit of a love-up. Mad bee.at b, n.1
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 66: They were barber’s cats, all wind and water.at barber’s cat (n.) under barber, n.1
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 82: You old bastard! Where did you spring—.at old bastard (n.) under bastard, n.
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 80: A friend of yours that made good off his own bat.at off one’s own bat (adv.) under bat, n.2
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 78: Slippery Dick was making the concession of one battler to another.at battler (n.) under battle, v.
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 122: I wanted like billy-o to shake him off, but I didn’t know how.at like billy-o (adv.) under billy-o, n.
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 73: The old bone-shaker didn’t improve their hearing.at bone-shaker (n.) under bone, n.1
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 173: You don’t know what a boneyard is [...] It’s where they put people when they get dead.at boneyard, n.
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 125: That boong piece at the station — you had your peepers on her yet?at boong, n.
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 70: He wasn’t the type to put the boot in later, to hold a grudge in perpetuity. [Ibid.] 132: Fate was certainly laying in the boot; piling it on.at put the boot in (v.) under boot, the, n.
1955 D. Niland Shiralee 58: Coming at me with a bottle. Putting the bounce into me.at put the bounce into/on (v.) under bounce, n.1