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Sydney Morn. Herald 19 Sept. 6/2: Owing to ‘petticoat influence,’ that is, to the advice of his wife, Lord Henley was induced to resign.at petticoat, n.
Sydney Morn. Herald 19 Sept. 6/2: Owing to ‘petticoat influence,’ that is, to the advice of his wife, Lord Henley was induced to resign. Sydney Morn. Herald 19 Sept. 6/2: White men all same brother; black man plenty corrobbery, plenty shake hands.at plenty, adv.
Sydney Morn. Herald 15/1: When the thieves entered the house they cried,‘Bale up, bale up’ and they ‘baled’ him in the fireplace.at bail up! (excl.) under bail up, v.
Sydney Morn. Herald 6 Dec. 4/4: In the time of General Macquarie there was a circulation issued by him, called the dump, and the holy dollar; the dump was a piece stamped out of the centre of the dollar, and passed for 1s. 3d..at dump, n.1
Sydney Morn. Herald 6 Dec. 4/4: In the time of General Macquarie there was a circulation issued by him, called the dump, and the holy dollar; the dump was a piece stamped out of the centre of the dollar, and passed for 1s. 3d., and the remainder passed for 4s., so that the holy dollar, by a proclamation of General Macquarie, circulated at 5s 3d.at holy dollar (n.) under holy, adj.
Sydney Morn. Herald 3 Sept. 3/1: If you are in want of a few voters set the bullies to ‘skull-drag’ them in.at skull drag (v.) under skull, n.1
Sydney Morn. Herald 16 Apr. 2/3: [He] was indicted for having [...] maliciously writen [...] ‘Notice — A native dog was yesterday challenged by a native bitch in Druitt-street [...] the native bitch is Mrs Jane Nobbs [...] and the above libel was intended to bring the said Jane Nobbs into evil repute.at bitch, n.1
Sydney Morn. Herald 3 Oct. 3/5: [of cattle] Red and white heifer, branded like M right rump, bumble-footed.at bumble-footed (adj.) under bumble, v.
Sydney Morn. Herald 29 Dec. 1/4: [advert] Specimen plates of the Society's Prize, [...] ‘The Blind Girl at the Holy Well,’ and ‘Cup Tossing,’ may be seen, and every information obtained, at W.A. Coleman’s Book and Stationery warehouse.at cup-tosser (n.) under cup, n.
Sydney Morn. Herald 9 Feb. 3/6: [H]e [...] has induced you, upon this point as well as others, not merely to be guilty of a fib of omission, but to utter a number of downright out-and-out palpable bouncers.at bouncer, n.1
Sydney Morn. Herald 5 Jan. 2/7: [H]e had given information to Dr. Hill of a prisoner’s having written a letter to an alleged ‘fancy woman’ of the latter’s.at fancy woman, n.
Sydney Morn. Herald 6 Aug. 3/5: [Y]our correspondent had about fifteen of these ‘calabashes,’ (so termed by the colonial slang), all amounting to not more than £7, drawn on one of our M.C.’s.at calabash, n.
Sydney Morn. Herald 10 June 3/1: Hevery lady ’ere knows as a man makes a much moro decent ap- arance m a clean shirt nor a dirty one And I goes in for ’em, (Cries of ‘go in, lemons!’ ‘That’s the talk!’ ‘Go it Rogers!’).at lemons, adv.
Sydney Morn. Herald 23 Feb. 2/4: Others in the rags of their half-slang gentility, with the velvet collars of their paletots worn through to the canvas.at slang, adj.
Sydney Morn. Herald 8 Feb. 4/7: [S]uch high rates of passage money as are now exacted by the Peninsular and Oriental of the military and civil ‘bahadurs’ of India.at bahaudur, n.
Sydney Morn. Herald 24 Apr. 3/2: A Cockatoo Islander — Nicholas Doyle, who, under repeated cumulative sentences, has been a long sojourner at Cockatoo Island.at cockatoo, n.2
Sydney Morn. Herald 12 May 3/4: ‘[H]ell-keepers’ [...] proprietors of establishments where the vicious and the unwary, the greedy hawk and the silly pigeon, congregate, the one to plunder and the other to be plucked.at hawk, n.1
Sydney Morn. Herald 16 Aug. 2/3: [S]hould the victim of these marauders make resistance, or [...] should he prove a ‘blank,’ and no plunder be found upon him, woe betide the unlucky wight.at blank, n.
Sydney Morn. Herald 16 July 2/5: Mr HOLROYD replied very briefly, repudiating the idea that his motion was founded on ‘bunkum’ — a slang phrase.at bunkum, n.
Sydney Morn. Herald 16 Nov. 3/4: May we, in the idiom of the bush, enquire whether you are a ‘clean potato?’ Supposing that the person was a ‘clean potatoe,’ what would he naturally feel, and what a dreadful reflection. ‘I look a convict!’.at clean potato (n.) under clean, adj.
Sydney Morn. Herald 24 Nov. 2/1: Diggers who sought for alluvial gold [...] were not sufficiently provided with money to wait for the expected ‘lob’.at lob, n.1
Sydney Morn. Herald 12 May 4/4: [H]e offered witness ‘a score’ to allow him to ‘work the jug’ without molestation [...] it was an offer of £20 to be allowed to pick pockets at the Commercial Bank.at jug, n.1
Sydney Morn. Herald 12 May 4/4: [H]e offered witness ‘a score’ to allow him to ‘work the jug’ without molestation [...] it was an offer of £20 to be allowed to pick pockets at the Commercial Bank.at score, n.1
Sydney Morn. Herald 29 May 6/2: The duty of guard-mounting at St James’ was not disagreeable — far from it. To call the work ‘a dashed bore’ was [...] only a fashion of talking.at dashed, adj.
Sydney Morn. Herald 17 June 4/2: We hope that no attempt will be scouted to represent us as an ‘oppressed and down-trodden people.’ We have no need at present for a moody skin-and-grief Ministry.at skin-and-grief (n.) under skin, n.1
Sydney Morn. Herald 14 July 3/4: The competition-wallahs have made an inroad into the hitherto close patronage system, but the system of giving civil appointments even to those who are first in the competition race, does not go far enough.at wallah, n.
Sydney Morn. Herald 13 Aug. 2/3: The days of ‘hocussing,’ ‘burking,’ ‘sticking up,’ &c, &c , have passed [...] never to return any more.at hocus, v.
Sydney Morn. Herald 13 Aug. 2/3: [T]hey may do a little ‘lifting’ — the slang phrase given in our colony to petty thieving — but they dare not attempt their wholesale robberies.at lift, v.
Sydney Morn. Herald 18 Oct. 5/3: To use a slang phrase, I was indeed sold.at sold, adj.
Sydney Morn. Herald 21 June 10/5: Hard drinking, and ignoble slang, constitute the entertainment. [...] It is know-ng to have a bet on the next fight, and to talk about a man's ‘peepers,’ and ‘potato-trap’.at potato-trap (n.) under potato, n.
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