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Grief, Gaiety and Aborigines choose

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[Aus] (ref. to 1930s) W.E. Harney Grief, Gaiety and Aborigines 21: I do notice the city people go into the bush for a holiday and pass by us bushies heading for the ‘Big smoke’.
at Big Smoke, n.
[Aus] (ref. to 1930s) W.E. Harney Grief, Gaiety and Aborigines 20: Old boots tells yer they’re fly-blown, but new ones mean they’re in the dough.
at fly-blown, adj.
[Aus] (ref. to 1930s) W.E. Harney Grief, Gaiety and Aborigines 21: I do notice the city people go into the bush for a holiday and pass by us bushies heading for the ‘Big smoke’.
at bushy, n.1
[Aus] (ref. to 1930s) W.E. Harney Grief, Gaiety and Aborigines 20: Everywhere I heard the term ‘captain’ or ‘a whale in the bay’ and came to realise it meant someone with money to spend.
at whale in the bay (n.) under whale, n.
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