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Burra Record 26 Nov. 3/4: At 11 p.m. after having put my finger down my throat about twenty times I gave it up as a bad job, and retired to ‘blanket bay’ with feelings too peculiar to graphically describe.at Blanket Bay, n.
Burra Record 26 Nov. 3/4: At 11 p.m. after having put my finger down my throat about twenty times I gave it up as a bad job, and retired to ‘blanket bay’ with feelings too peculiar to graphically describe. Burra Record 20 June 2/6: It’s really heartrending for one to [...] see the large number of recently warm men who are now monetary cripples — stiff as a crutch.at stiff as a crutch (adj.) under stiff, adj.
Burra Record (SA) 17 Aug. 2/5: Accused used most disgusting language, and ‘offered him out,’ taking off his coat to prepare for action.at offer someone out, v.
Burra Record (SA) 25 July 3/6: They Say [...] That Miss Lizzie Vivian is about to become
‘boniface’ of the Court House Hotel.at boniface, n.
Burra Record (SA) 1 Aug. 3/6: They Say [...] That a woman-barracker said on Saturday,
when Jack Burns kicked a goal, ‘that was a real curly one’.at curly, adj.
Burra Record (SA) 31 Oct. 3/6: They Say [...] That Christina Schultze had a ‘jolly’ in
Kooringa on Thursday afternoon, and finished the last act in the police court.at jolly, n.1
Burra Record (SA) 18 Apr. 5/5: They Say [...] That Hanson people had a rorty-torty time on Good Friday [Ibid.] 30 May 5/1: They Say [...] That the lads and lassies are in high hopes of having a rorty-torty tip-toe on Monday night.at rorty, adj.
Burra Record (SA) 30 May 5/1: They Say [...] That Mat May has got the shunt from Paull’s
Mine; given a week's notice, and a month’s pay in advance to clear out.at give someone the shunt (v.) under shunt, n.1
Burra Record (SA) 25 Apr. 5/5: They Say [...] That at the next tea-fuddle a regiment of
soldiers are going to patrol the Booborowie Church.at tea fight (n.) under tea, n.
Burra Record (SA) 12 Dec. 3/1: They Say [...] That the old bay ’oss don’t work the whip
now, but its owner is whipping the cat.at whip the dog (v.) under whip, v.1
Burra Record (SA) 20 Mar. 3/5: They Say [...] That the stinkpots will have a rest now
’Lijah bas gone.at stinkpot, n.
Burra Record (SA) 2 Jan. 3/5: They Say [...] That with all the troubled waters at Hanson
it can knock up a cheque of over £14 at it tea fight.at tea fight (n.) under tea, n.
Burra Record (SA) 15 Nov. 3/4: ‘To a Soger’s Louse’ Wee scamperin’ irritatin’ scunner.at scunner, n.
Burra Record 3/3: We understand a local grower is going to donkey-lick him in artichokes.at donkey lick, v.
Burra Record 27 Feb. 3/4: In true Australian slang it was acknowledged as a ‘snodger’ spree, a ‘snifter’.at snifter, n.3
(con. WW1) Burra Record (SA) 31 mar. 3/4: The boys simply loved us to wear new clothes. They would call out ‘When are you going to get a new frock?’ And when the men wore dress suits, they would yell, ‘Half your luck, Digger!’.at half your luck! (excl.) under luck, n.
Burra Record 4 June 4/3: The British Empire had enough men, money and materials to donkey-lick the Germans.at donkey lick, v.
Burra Record (SA) 23 Apr. 4/4: ‘Work of Dogs’ Home [...] to be Cur-tailed,’ says Lady Lyle. ‘Taking a tip from the tripehound?’ queries a correspondent.at tripe-hound (n.) under tripe, n.1
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