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[Aus] L. Esson Drovers (1977) 4: The Boss is mad as a snake.
at ...a cut snake under mad as..., adj.
[Aus] L. Esson Drovers (1977) 11: Oh you poor fellow Briglow, me big-fellow sorry alonga you [...] Then all blackfellow alonga camp make-im big fellow corroboree alonga you.
at big man (n.) under big, adj.
[Aus] L. Esson Drovers (1977) 5: By gum, that Bob can ride.
at by gum! (excl.) under gum, n.2
[Aus] L. Esson Drovers (1977) 4: The jackaroo fired his revolver at a dingo, and rushed the mob off camp.
at jackaroo, n.
[Aus] L. Esson Drovers (1977) 8: It’s the devil’s own luck—but there—what’s the use of magging like an old crow?
at mag, v.
[Aus] L. Esson Drovers (1977) 9: Maybe the bush’ll miss me a bit . . . the tracks I’ve travelled, and a star or two, and the old mulga.
at mulga, n.
[Aus] L. Esson Drovers (1977) 6: But the trouble is they’re still pegging for a drink.
at peg, v.6
[Aus] L. Esson Drovers (1977) 7: mick: When are we starting? boss: Right away ... picanniny daylight.
at piccaninny, adj.
[Aus] L. Esson Drovers (1977) 5: They’re on the prod all right, and looking for trouble.
at on the prod under prod, n.3
[Aus] L. Esson Drovers (1977) 8: We’ve got to get on [...] I’d push them through if every blanky man in camp snuffed his candle.
at snuff one’s candle (v.) under snuff, v.2
[Aus] L. Esson Drovers (1977) 5: I’m going to get a tenner for two days’ cooking.
at tenner, n.
[Aus] L. Esson Drovers (1977) 5: The old man’s a tiger, you can’t beat him.
at tiger, n.
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year (1977) II iii: Y’r gettin’ carried away. Just because a coupla blokes get a few in—.
at few, a, n.
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year I i: mum: It’s too cold for beer anyway. alf: Never too cold for the old amber, love.
at amber, n.
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year I i: I didn’t mean to make a song and dance about it.
at make a song and dance (about) (v.) under song and dance, n.1
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year (1977) I i: Why does he look at me as if I’ma bad smell and he’s the bloody ant’s pants.
at ant’s pants, n.
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year (1977) I i: All this [...] spoutin’ big ideas, going round with smart-arsed little sheilas [...] It’s all wrong, son.
at smart-arsed, adj.
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year (1977) II iii: Anzacs. (Shakes his head.) Ballyhoo. Photos in the papers. Famous. Not worth a crumpet.
at ballyhoo, n.
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year III i: As nice and polite a—brushoff as I ever heard.
at brush-off, n.
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year III i: [She] comes insultin’ me and buggerin’ up my son, who does she think she is, bringing her bloody upper-crust ways here.
at bugger up, v.
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year I i: Well, she bungs it on a bit, don’t she? [...] I’m telling you, that young lady‘s too laa-dee-dah for us.
at bung (it) on (v.) under bung, v.1
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year (1977) II i: I didn’t come down in the last shower.
at come down in the last shower (of rain) (v.) under come, v.1
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year (1977) II iii: If he hasn’t had enough to make him sick he just gets steamed up and we’ll cop the lot.
at cop the lot (v.) under cop, v.
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year II iii: We poured bloody beer into the poor old cows till they couldn’t stand up.
at cow, n.1
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year (1977) II iii: Anzacs (Shakes his head.) Ballyhoo. Photos in the papers. Famous. Not worth a crumpet.
at not worth a crumpet (adj.) under crumpet, n.
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year III i: [She] comes insultin’ me and buggerin’ up my son, who does she think she is, bringing her bloody upper-crust ways here.
at upper crust, adj.
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year III i: E put on a voice like a bloody panz and ’e sez up high like, ‘Darl, ’ow ARE yer?’.
at darl, n.
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year I i: I’m a dinky-di Aussie.
at dinky-di, adj.
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year (1977) II iii: mum: You’re goin’ to put that in a paper? hughie: Are we ever?
at did I ever!, excl.
[Aus] A. Seymour One Day of the Year (1977) I i: It’s Anzac Day this week, that’s my day, that’s the old digger’s day.
at digger, n.1
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