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Canoe in Aus. 187: ‘Australian flag’ is a shirt-tail sticking out.at Australian flag (n.) under Australian, adj.
Canoe in Aus. 187: ‘Australian flag’ is a shirt-tail sticking out. Canoe in Aus. 187: Two pennies put tails up on ‘kip’, strip of wood: ‘baldies’ (Edward VII) preferred because at once readable.at baldy, n.
Canoe in Aus. 64: ‘Ar cripes, what else is there to do in this dump on a Sunday – bar go bible-bangin’’ one boy said.at bible-banger (n.) under bible, n.
Canoe in Aus. 108: I saw pelicans in flight [...] ‘boof-heads’ as Bevan called them.at boofhead, n.
Canoe in Aus. 187: ‘Bulletin’ [...] still influential out-back, ‘Bushman’s Bible’ .at bushman’s bible (n.) under bushman’s..., n.
Canoe in Aus. 64: ‘An’ get an ear-bashin’ from the devil-dodger,’ a friend added.at devil-dodger (n.) under devil, n.
Canoe in Aus. 64: ‘An’ get an ear-bashin’ from the devil-dodger,’ a friend added.at earbashing, n.
Canoe in Aus. 187: Motorists often ignore ‘Silent cops’ at corners, yellow domes with white surrounds, ‘poached eggs’.at poached egg, n.
Canoe in Aus. 127: I was written to as Raven Hart [...] avoiding what Australian picturesquely calls the ‘Fowl-roost’.at fowl-roost, n.
Canoe in Aus. 187: Pennies supplied by ‘school’ to avoid ‘nobs’, ‘jacks’, double-sided heads, ‘greys’, double-sided tails.at grey, n.
Canoe in Aus. 76: Melbourne and Adelaide get what they call ‘dust-storms’, and ‘go to market about it’, grousing to high heaven.at to high heaven (adv.) under high, adj.1
Canoe in Aus. 199: ‘Holy dollar’ [...] is a pun: it was a silver dollar from the centre of which a ‘dump’, worth 1/3, had been punched out, to meet the need for smaller change.at holy dollar (n.) under holy, adj.
Canoe in Aus. 187: Pennies supplied by ‘school’ to avoid ‘nobs’, ‘jacks’, double-sided heads, ‘greys’, double-sided tails.at jack, n.4
Canoe in Aus. 128: A dear old countryman [...] who asked for ‘lollies’.at lollies, n.
Canoe in Aus. 76: Melbourne and Adelaide get what they call ‘dust-storms’, and ‘go to market about it’, grousing to high heaven.at go to market (v.) under market, n.
Canoe in Aus. 66: To ‘mizzle’ was to complain, moan about something.at mizzler, n.1
Canoe in Aus. 187: Pennies supplied by ‘school’ to avoid ‘nobs’, ‘jacks’, double-sided heads, ‘greys’, double-sided tails.at nob, n.1
Canoe in Aus. 66: A ‘purler’ meant something super-excellent.at purler, n.
Canoe in Aus. 41: He has heard ‘to see a man about a dog’, but preferred the Australian ‘to go and kill a snake’.at see a man about a dog (v.) under see, v.
Canoe in Aus. 187: Motorists often ignore ‘Silent cops’ at corners, yellow domes with white surrounds, ‘poached eggs’.at silent cop (n.) under silent, adj.
Canoe in Aus. 41: He has heard ‘to see a man about a dog’, but preferred the Australian ‘to go and kill a snake’.at kill a snake (v.) under snake, n.1
Canoe in Aus. 14: Sausages are also ‘snags’ [...] or ‘snorks’.at snorker, n.
Canoe in Aus. 186: Thank Heaven no half-crowns to be confused with florins (‘sways’).at swy, n.
Canoe in Aus. 66: ‘Wog’ was a microbe and not a coloured person.at wog, n.2
Canoe in Aus. 145: Ambulance men, ‘Zambuks’ in Australian slang, are often busy.at Zambuck, n.
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