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The Mighty Men on Horseback choose

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[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 83: They had [...] been stored in the original recipient’s dilly bag along with his razor, bullets, and spare tobacco.
at dilly-bag, n.
[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 14: Stoking his mouth with a brownie.
at brownie, n.1
[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 65: He butted in on some bloke who had a chromo in tow.
at chromo, n.
[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 24: An old liar like him can earn easy money telling tales to soft headed newchums.
at new chum, n.
[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 15: I noticed a bloke drifting along from the homestead way leading a cigarette swag.
at cigarette swag (n.) under cigarette, n.
[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 35: He wore a hat which was something between a cheap ‘donkey’s breakfast’ straw and a top price imported panama.
at donkey’s breakfast (n.) under donkey, n.
[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 174: He goes to town for a drunk up.
at drunk, n.
[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 185: You’d known Top since he was a raw jackeroo.
at jackaroo, n.
[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 94: The snake lived mainly down in the hold or the bilge and led the proverbial Life Of Riley.
at life of Riley, n.
[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 60: I slid to the ground, hooked my old moke’s bridle to the nearest post.
at moke, n.1
[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 18: The Provosts grabbed me and I drew a sixer in the peter.
at peter, n.3
[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 17: It might have meant missing my mob [...] so I scrubbed the whole idea.
at scrub, v.
[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 17: We had indulged in normal occupation of sinking a few noggins.
at sink, v.
[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 18: The Provosts grabbed me and I drew a sixer in the peter.
at sixer, n.
[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 13: He’s got a mob of yang-yang horses, a few moth-eaten packs and saddles and no money.
at yang yang, n.
[Aus] T. Ronan Mighty Men on Horseback 17: A joint that has no one in it but Wogs and Yehudis.
at Yehudi, n.
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