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Aussie Eng. (1966) 9: Female ‘acres’ are generally referred to as ‘rears’ [...] one who is ‘six axe handles across the acre’ should [...] go on a diet.at acre, n.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 9: Female ‘acres’ are generally referred to as ‘rears’ [...] one who is ‘six axe handles across the acre’ should [...] go on a diet. Aussie Eng. (1966) 78: S.F.A. Or Sweet F.A. Nothing.at sweet Fanny Adams, n.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 65: So ‘oodles of boodles’ equals ‘plenty moolah—or no shortage of oscar’.at Oscar (Asche), n.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 22: ‘Who was that?’ ‘Buggered if I know—some bloody blow-in.’.at blow-in, n.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 14: The worst kind of all is the ‘useless bludgin’ bastard’.at bludge, v.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 22: You can ‘bung on a blue’ [...] and finish up in hospital, or in jail.at bung on a blue (v.) under blue, n.4
Aussie Eng. (1966) 72: A male homosexual. Known to be ‘camp.’ ‘Camp as a row o’ tents’.at camp as a row of tents (adj.) under camp, adj.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 27: There’s a keg on tonight—we’ll all be chuckin’ in.at chuck in, v.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 28: You shouldn’t ‘clout on’ anything that doesn’t belong to you. That’s stealing.at clout, v.2
Aussie Eng. (1966) 34: In the bush, a ‘poddy-dodger’ is a calf-thief.at poddy dodger, n.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 45: Hooly-Dooly. An exclamation of surprise.at hooley-dooley!, excl.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 40: ‘Having one with the flies’, or ‘drinking with the flies’ — a man standing alone at the bar, buying drinks for himself.at drink with the flies (v.) under drink, v.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 79: Sheila. A young female. Also called [...] a ‘fabulous drop’, a ‘slashing line’, a ‘bit of homework’.at drop, n.4
Aussie Eng. (1966) 38: Our beer is ‘extra grouse’.at extra, adj.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 39: ‘Putting the bite on’ somebody is also ‘putting the fangs in’.at put the fangs into (v.) under fang, n.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 16: Containers run from five-ounce glasses to eighteen gallon kegs. There are middies, schooners, ponies, lady’s waists, butchers, handles, mugs, jugs, tankards, fives, sevens, pints, bottles, cans large and small, glass cans, stubbies’ .at five, n.1
Aussie Eng. (1966) 53: He invites others to ‘get set on the side’, and side-bets are made.at get set (v.) under get, v.
Aussie Eng. 42: ‘Gig’ is also heard sometimes in the sense of ‘look’ [AND].at gig, n.8
Aussie Eng. (1966) 16: Containers run from five-ounce glasses to eighteen gallon kegs. There are middies, schooners, ponies, lady’s waists, butchers, handles, mugs, jugs [etc].at handle, n.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 79: Sheila. A young female. Also called [...] a ‘fabulous drop’, a ‘slashing line’, a ‘bit of homework’.at homework (n.) under home, n.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 88: An exclamation of astonishment or dismay [...] Originally ‘Wouldn’t it root you?’, or ‘Wouldn’t it King Farouk you?’.at wouldn’t it!, excl.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 52: Kack. Luck—but never good.at kack, n.2
Aussie Eng. (1966) 36: The practice of ‘kangarooing the dyke’ – squatting on it with your feet on the seat – is reprehensible, and frowned upon by all purveyors of public amenities.at kangaroo, v.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 97: He lines up on a sheila from the big smoke.at line up, v.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 96: ‘Got a small mob o’ sheep on the long paddock’ [...] The ‘long paddock’ is the open road.at long paddock (n.) under long, adj.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 57: Lurk. Short cuts to success, easy ways of doing things [...] One who is proficient at profiting by such backdoor activities is a ‘lurk merchant’. He ‘knows all the lurks’.at lurk, n.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 57: Lurk. Short cuts to success, easy ways of doing things [...] One who is proficient at profiting by such backdoor activities is a ‘lurk merchant’. He ‘knows all the lurks’.at lurk merchant (n.) under lurk, n.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 60: Anything ‘up to mud’ is ‘not up to much’.at up to mud (adj.) under mud, n.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 60: You will become very fat, and will earn for yourself the title of ‘mud-guts’.at mudguts (n.) under mud, n.
Aussie Eng. (1966) 65: If you’re goin’ out that way, call in at So-and-so’s pub. She’s open slather there on Sundays.at open slather (n.) under open, adj.
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