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Behind Bamboo choose

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[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 396: F.A. (sweet), nothing at all [...] Fanny Adams, nothing at all.
at fanny adams, n.2
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 399/2: To-and-from, a Pommy, i.e. Englishman.
at to-and-from, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 395/2: Burnt off, fed-up, furious.
at burned (at), adj.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 395/1: Backup, second helping. Backup king, man always chasing second helpings.
at back up, n.1
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 357: The trend of the war had no softening effect on Sergeant Shimojo, a notorious bash-artist. He paraded through the camp seeking every opportunity to beat up Allied officers on any and every pretext.
at bash artist (n.) under bash, v.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 396/1: Ear basher, one who talks too much.
at ear-basher, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 395/1: Bible basher, padre, priest.
at bible-basher (n.) under bible, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 395/1: Boof head, one with a big head.
at boofhead, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 395/1: Boong, any Asiatic or coloured person.
at boong, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 395/2: Buggero! swearword.
at bugger!, excl.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 395/2: Bullshartist, great talker of nonsense, a garrulous person.
at bullsh, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 395/2: Bumfluff, a small or poorly grown moustache.
at bum-fluff, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 395/2: Bumf, paper of any kind.
at bumf, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 395/2: Burned out, finished, without reserves.
at burned out, adj.1
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 395/2: Chat, (to), to delouse. Chat happy, weary of delousing clothes, etc.
at chat, v.2
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 395/2: Chicky, girl.
at chickie, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 395/2: Chips, carpenter.
at chips, n.1
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 396/2: Hot cock, nonsense, boasting, vain talk.
at hot cock (n.) under cock, n.5
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 396/1: Face fungus, beard.
at face fungus (n.) under face, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 395/1: Bomb happy, especially nervous about bombing. [Ibid.] 398/2: Rice happy, one who has had too much rice.
at -happy, sfx
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 396/2: For the high jump, sentenced to death.
at high jump, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 379/1: Ivories, dice.
at ivory, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 397/1: Jiggy jig, sexual intercourse.
at jiggy-jig, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 397/1: Kipper, Englishman.
at kipper, n.1
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 397/2: Lats, latrine.
at lats, n.1
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 397/2: Mad mick, pick.
at mad mick, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 398/2: Pinhead, one with a small head.
at pinhead, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 399/1: Spud barber, a potato peeler.
at spud barber (n.) under spud, n.3
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 399/1: Squitters, diarrhoea, dysentery.
at squitters, the, n.
[Aus] R. Rivett Behind Bamboo 399/2: Tomtits, dysentery, diarrhoea.
at tom-tits, n.
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