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Sun Herald (Sydney) 14 Feb. 52.3: Get your juicy meat pies - only a bob a nob.at nob, n.1
Sun Herald (Sydney) 14 Feb. 52.3: Get your juicy meat pies - only a bob a nob. Sun-Herald (Sydney) 14 Feb. 52/5: Get your box for a grandstand view [...] only a dollar a pop!at pop, n.1
Sun-Herald 14 Feb. 52/6: ‘Salesmen’ [...] are referred to frequently as ‘urgers,’ an Australian slang term derived from racecourse hangers-on. in London they would undoubtedly qualify for the label of ‘spiv’.at urger, n.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 25 Nov. 112: Fred Daly [...] has ordered a crackdown on the official use of ‘black taxis’. He has warned MPs that the long black official limousines will not wait outside flats and hotels if those who ordered them aren’t ready [GAW4].at black taxi (n.) under black, adj.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 30 Dec. 35: Lots of farmyard confetti has been spoken and written about this young man’s selection [GAW4].at farmyard confetti, n.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 20 July 13/2: Her friend [...] prefers a bone-shaking ride on a ‘kanga’ — a jack-hammer, to the uninitiated.at kanga, n.2
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 27 June 38: It cannot be said that Malcolm Fraser was ‘duchessed’ during his memorable stay in Peking. But the flattering, seductive treatment he received did resemble the softening up process thus named to which Australian political leaders visiting London used to be exposed [GAW4].at duchess, v.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 16 Oct. 63: Some new words emerge [among the unemployed youth of the western suburbs] like ‘dakker’ for drugs [GAW4].at dacca, n.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 27 Aug. 59: Eddie [Coogan] is the ultimate lurkman [...] as flash as a rat with a gold tooth [GAW4].at flash as a rat with a gold tooth (adj.) under flash, adj.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 1 July 43: The last train back from Sydney [to Wollongong] on Sundays is packed with young people and known to some as the Flying Fornicator [GAW4].at flying fornicator (n.) under flying, adj.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 4 Nov. 178/2: And by November next year, God and the union willing, they’ll be sipping ice-colds in Alice.at ice cold (n.) under ice, n.1
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 24 June 143: A bloke who made a poultice in recent weeks when he sold Rupert a quarter of a million Channel Ten shares [OED].at poultice, n.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 5 Dec. 87: Typical was one mother’s reaction as ‘cold gold’ in hand, she fiercely instructed her freckle-faced little monster to ‘keep jumping up and down in front, so that nanna will see you on the telly’ [GAW4].at cold gold (n.) under cold, adj.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 24 Jan. 150: So Bill McMahon gets the old age pension ... It tells you all you need to know about Australia, about the kind of man we put ourselves up to run it, about noblesse oblige Australian style, about the hide of Jessie [GAW4].at more hide than Jessie (the elephant) under hide, n.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 4 Apr. 87: The bloke beside me yelled out. .. ‘Where’d you get a ticket, ref, out of a cornflakes packet?’ [GAW4].at where did you get your licence? under licence, n.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 7 Mar. 144: Victoria’s TAB (quaintly called lucky shops) [GAW4].at lucky shop (n.) under lucky, adj.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 1 Aug. 7 7/4: ‘Give Tony a rap. He was so cool under pressure,’ said Gordon coach [AND].at rap, n.1
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 5 Sept. 112/1: Tinnies offer value, fun. Dollar for dollar it’s hard to go past the simple aluminium dinghy as a versatile fun boat [AND].at tinnie, n.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 12 June 21: All this – and the fact that Bob bounced Prince William on his knee – [...] prompts the thought that Hawke has been duchessed by royalty [GAW4].at duchess, v.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 5 June 113: At moments like these, it isn’t Minties I need, it’s a pantry shelf and freezer stocked with instant or almost instant foods [GAW4].at mintie, n.1
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 30 Sept. 65: Hawthorn donkey-walloped Essendon in last year’s one-sided grand final by 83 points [GAW4].at donkey wallop (v.) under donkey, n.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 18 Feb. 128/4: off, foul, gross and vom (all mean horrible).at off, adv.1
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 7 Jan. 128: Tim Fischer, shadow minister of veterans’ affairs, has visited the grave of Breaker Morant in a Pretoria cemetery during a stop-over in Yarpieland [GAW4].at yarpie, n.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 16 Aug. 25: She says she’s busier than a one-armed paper hanger.at busy as a one-armed paper-hanger (adj.) under busy as..., adj.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 8 Mar. 84: After leaving the room, Cassidy was still rapping Quinton. ‘You would have thought he was 22 years old the way he pushed his way through the gap.’ [GAW4].at rap, v.1
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 1 Jan. 3: To the ferals, who travel up and down Australia’s east coast looking for logging protests to attend, the Federal Government’s decision is appalling.at feral, n.
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 18 Jan. 29: The talent was filthy, the babes were lush and the mosh pit was going off.at filthy, adj.
Sun Herald (Sydney), 19 Aug. 15: They tell the story of a neighbourhood under siege, divided between ‘skips’ (Australians of Caucasian appearance) and ‘lebs’ (Australians of Middle Eastern appearance). […] ‘I hate the fact that simply because I have fair skin, fairly fair hair and look like a “skip” or “skeg” or “surfie” that I’m safe at the beach only.’.at skeg, n.1
Sun Herald (Sydney), 19 Aug. 15: They tell the story of a neighbourhood under siege, divided between ‘skips’ (Australians of Caucasian appearance) and ‘lebs’ (Australians of Middle Eastern appearance). […] ‘I hate the fact that simply because I have fair skin, fairly fair hair and look like a “skip” or “skeg” or “surfie” that I’m safe at the beach only.’.at skip, n.3
Sun-Herald (Sydney) 28 July n.p.: Mr Moroney took the view that an officer living and working full-time in the area would be an effective way to curb burglaries, anti-social behaviour and the growing number of road offences. [...] The next phase is to select a ‘blue heeler’ to start work.at blue heeler (n.) under blue, adj.1
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