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Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. (1900–10) [unpub. ms.] n.p.: Your hands are far too soft and smooth / At shearing for to shine, / For there’s hard and sandy cobblers / On the banks of the River-ine.at cobbler, n.1
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. (1900–10) [unpub. ms.] n.p.: Your hands are far too soft and smooth / At shearing for to shine, / For there’s hard and sandy cobblers / On the banks of the River-ine. Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.].at shingle short, a, adj.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 41: CHAINING UP A PUP: Aust. to run up a score in a public house or store. A pup chained up means an account standing which the debtor is unable or unwilling to pay. If you leave a pup long enough he will become some day a dog mad enough to bite you.at chain up a pup, v.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.].at have a sheet short (v.) under short of a sheet, phr.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.].at half a joint, n.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 78: GUY-A-WHACK [...] a guy-a-whack tradesman is one who is not thoroughly competent to do his work.at guy-a-whack, adj.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.].at guy-a-whack, v.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 78: GUY-A-WHACK: slang [...] a welsher of [sic] defaulting bookmaker.at guy-a-whack, n.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 1: ABE: slang last of anything, only one. push and thieves – this is my abe – that is to say, my last or only coin, pipe of tobacco, etc.at abe, n.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 1: On my abe – i.e. hard up, poor.at on one’s abe (adj.) under abe, n.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 1: ACT THE ANGORA: slang a variant of ‘Act the goat’.at act the angora, v.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 2: AGROVOKE, AGRONOY: humorous twistings of provoke and annoy and aggravate.at aggranoy, v.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 2: AGROVOKE, AGRONOY: humorous twistings of provoke and annoy and aggravate.at aggrovoke, v.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 3: ANARCHIST: Bush slang wax vestas or matches in general.at anarchists, n.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.].at post-and-rail (tea), n.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 71: FLOUNDER: Sydney cab-drivers’ slang a hansom cab of the old variety in contradistinction to the new or brougham cab.at flounder (and dab), n.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 3: ANTE-UP: cards and slang [...] adapted from poker playing, to pay up, disgorge or refund money, to shell out. A demand for wages, alms, stakes, or plunder: ‘Come on now, ante-up.’.at ante (up), v.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 166: WHITE ANTS: silliness, madness.at white ants, n.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 3: ARTESIAN: [...] colonial beer.at artesian, n.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 146: SUCK, OR SUCKHOLE OR SUCK-ARSE: a low-down cringing sycophant.at suck-ass, n.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 4: AUSTRALIAN FLAG: slang Not only bushmen, as asserted by Morris, wear belts and show the Australian flag. Belt wearing is customary with most outdoor manual labourers in Australia in town and country both, and the bunt of shirt is worked out by stooping.at Australian flag (n.) under Australian, adj.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 12: BATCHER: obviously a corruption of bachelor. Bachelor was originally applied in mining [...] or other camps to a man who, instead of boarding or messing with other men, obtained and cooked his own food. It is now applied to men doing the same thing either singly or collectively in the cities.at bacher (n.) under bach (it), v.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 136: The annual [...] sales when back number and out-of-season goods are boomed off at supposed reductions.at back number (n.) under back, adj.2
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 6: BACK-HANDED TURN [...] Any injury covertly effected while professing friendship is known as a back-handed turn, such as by way of giving a man assistance or advice which leads him into danger or difficulty.at back-hander, n.
Materials Dict. Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.].at bad halfpenny (n.) under bad, adj.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 6: BAIT-LAYER: station slang a cook: syn. poisoner.at bait layer, n.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 8: BAKED: slang tired out, done up, sometimes drunk.at baked, adj.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 8: BALANCE: thieves and sporting to cheat in money or kind. Bookmakers who bet certain odds and if a winner only pay out the original stake or a portion of the winnings are called ‘balancers’. They are just a degree above welchers. To obtain anything on a false pretence or trick is also known as balancing.at balance, v.
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 9: To give a man ‘a ball’ is to shake him up. A talking to or livening up.at give someone a ball (v.) under ball, n.1
Materials for a Dict. of Aus. Sl. [unpub. ms.] 8: BALLAHOO: [...] a cranky illfound ship].at ballahoo, n.
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