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Passage 58: He had knocked about the lower reaches of the Passage since he was a boy, picking up a living in much the same way as a sea-hawk.at knock about, v.1
Passage 58: He had knocked about the lower reaches of the Passage since he was a boy, picking up a living in much the same way as a sea-hawk. Passage 59: By hell, we’ve got ’em. Trapped like Barney’s bull!at like barney’s bull under barney’s bull, n.
Passage 142: Been bending his elbow a bit too much lately, I reckon.at bend one’s elbow (v.) under bend, v.1
Passage 22: The man’s got a grogblossom nose like Corny Lait’s.at grog blossom (n.) under blossom, n.2
Passage 138: He’s going to make a bobby-dazzler of a driver.at bobby-dazzler, n.1
Passage 86: Isn’t it bonzer you’ve won?at bonzer, adj.
Passage 35: He’s not going to marry any of ’em. Not Buckley’s chance!at Buckley’s, n.
Passage 45: Good old plugger, Lew [...] Puts his head well down and bullocks away.at bullock, v.1
Passage 15: All bunkum! She had said the same sort of thing about Fred.at bunkum, n.
Passage 29: When I rattle on about things I’ve been chewing over, you’re silent as an owl.at chew (it) over (v.) under chew, v.
Passage 75: He’d chiack me every time I had a breakdown.at chi-ike, v.
Passage 272: But my luck’s out – I must have run over a Chinaman some time or other.at kill a Chinaman (v.) under Chinaman, n.
Passage 275: I’m ready to take my solemn davy on that.at davy, n.
Passage 22: It’s someone you know, dinkum.at dinkum, adv.
Passage 263: Hughie was so upset he was drinking like a fish.at drink like a fish (v.) under drink, v.
Passage 134: ‘I’m a real dud as a housekeeper,’ she confessed.at dud, n.2
Passage 21: ‘I mucked up the first one,’ he admitted.at muck up, v.
Passage 144: I can’t carry as much as the other fellows — and lately I’ve been spending most of the afternoons sleeping it off. Too muddy-headed, even, to go out in the canoe.at muddy-headed (adj.) under muddy, adj.
Passage 77: Those blokes are mighty good at poking mullock.at poke mullock (v.) under mullock, n.
Passage 42: Uncle Tony’s been rubbing it into me that I don’t earn my oats [...] Says he was making money by the time he was twelve.at oat, n.1
Passage 21: How quick the boy was in picking up anything when he got a half hint! And what a wonderful off-sider he would be in a year or two. [Ibid.] 41: A boy like Hughie might as well climb into his coffin right away as go off-siding for old Kunkel.at off-side, v.
Passage 103: But he’s getting old. [...] Wonder what’d happen if he pegged?at peg out, v.
Passage 283: She’s come a long way and must be pegging for a drink and a feed.at peg, v.6
Passage (1944) 65: He and Bob had to scratch for a living the best way they could. [Ibid.] 160: ‘We’ll have to scratch for another year or two to pay off the new boat.’.at scratch, v.
Passage 75: He’d laugh, and gammon he thought Reardon was selling me a pup.at sell a pup (v.) under sell, v.
Passage 129: She took a set against Lena long ago, and she don’t get over things easy.at have a set on (v.) under set, n.1
Passage 21: Oh, I say; that’s no slouch of a fish, Lew!at slouch, n.
Passage 63: Patient, slugging work was what he put his trust in.at slug, v.2
Passage 102: When the Wiegerts were working for themselves, they were inclined to slummock along.at slummock, v.
Passage 247: At smoko, when they took a spell in the middle of loading the boat.at smoko, n.
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