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[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at backstop (n.) under back, adj.2
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at right up one’s barrel (adj.) under barrel, n.1
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993) 19: He’s doing boob.
at do boob (v.) under boob, n.1
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at boy-buster (n.) under boy, n.2
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at brokie, n.
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993) 31/1: bump up (v intr) To urge someone to take a particular course of action; hence bumper-upper, an urger. ‘He couldn’t get a job as a bumper-upper in a brothel’, to indicate the nadir of futile incompetence.
at bumper-upper, n.
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at Captain Cash (n.) under captain, n.
, [Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at condy boy (n.) under condy’s, the, n.
, [Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at come crook (v.) under crook, adj.
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993) 80: fang [...] The penis. ‘He hit her with the fang.’ ‘First thing I do when I get out is bury the fang.’.
at fang, n.
, [Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at juicy fruit, n.2
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993) n.p.: Go through To move off expeditiously; hence, to escape from lawful custody.
at go through, v.
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at grievous, n.
, [Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at grub, n.1
, [Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993) 107/2: The gaol tram that runs between Darlinghurst Police Station & Long bay Prison is called the ‘Ominy bus’ – rather neat pun!
at hominy bus (n.) under hominy, n.
, [Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993) 107/2: Hominy pimples is the name given to an itchy rash that most prisoners get during the summer & which they attribute to this diet of [hominy] porridge.
at hominy pimples (n.) under hominy, n.
, [Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993) 107/2: hominy pr-ck or c--k imitation penis made from hominy in a sock, etc., by women prisoners for masturbation.
at hominy prick (n.) under hominy, n.
, [Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993) 107/2: hominy gazette Gaol rumour [...] because it went round in the morning when the cells were opened to distribute the morning hominy.
at hominy gazette (n.) under hominy, n.
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at honey bum (n.) under honey, n.1
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993) 95/2: go the hops [...] To be partial to beer.
at go the hops (v.) under hop, n.2
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at terrace (of houses), n.
, [Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at imbo, n.
, [Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at jack, the, n.
, [Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at kway, n.
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at michael, n.
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at mutton gun (n.) under mutton, n.
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at necklace artist (n.) under necklace, n.
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at work a point (v.) under point, n.
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at poss, n.
[Aus] ‘No. 35’ Argot in G. Simes DAUS (1993).
at prigg, n.
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