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Venturesome Tom 46: You can bet your bottom dollar more than half of the flock has been killed by the dingoes.at bet one’s bottom dollar (v.) under bet, v.
Venturesome Tom 46: You can bet your bottom dollar more than half of the flock has been killed by the dingoes. Venturesome Tom 105: Without more ado she picked him up, rolled him in her apron, and stalked from the room [...] thus conveying home her better half.at better half, n.
Venturesome Tom 142: The goldfields after the dust storm, was a sight never to be forgotten [...] the miners rushing to the hotel for drink to wash out, as they said, their eyes and nose and mouth, after this ‘willy willy’ or ‘cock-eyed Bob’ dust storm.at cock-eye Bob, n.
Venturesome Tom 135: I decided to leave the rough and tumble mining camp for the amenities of city life at Sydney, being invited thither by an old chum.at old chum (n.) under chum, n.
Venturesome Tom 31: WANTED, a good steady, sober NewChum young man, who can drive a quiet horse, milk a cow.at new-chum, adj.
Venturesome Tom 54: What with the drubbing he had received and too much of ‘the crathur,’ poor Dinny lay dead drunk.at creature, the, n.
Venturesome Tom 6: Beef that had been pickled for years was not by any means uncommon, the sailors slang term for it being ‘mahogany’.at mahogany, n.
Venturesome Tom 138: I could see [...] an old man kangaroo, standing fully eight feet high.at old man, n.
Venturesome Tom 55: By the piper that played Moses it’s dhrowned I am.at by the piper (that played before Moses)! (excl.) under piper, n.4
Venturesome Tom 54: We gave him a night’s shakedown, a good breakfast and a parcel of ‘tommy’ to carry away with him.at shakedown, n.
Venturesome Tom 175: Evidently you have been ‘shanghaied,’ for it is evident you are no able seaman.at shanghai, v.
Venturesome Tom 54: The Count celebrated his victory by ‘shouting’ (which means paying for drinks) for everyone in the hotel.at shout, v.
Venturesome Tom 54: We gave him a night’s shakedown, a good breakfast and a parcel of ‘tommy’ to carry away with him.at tommy, n.2
Venturesome Tom 80: Their luggage usually consists of an old blanket and wagga-wagga rug, which is made of three flour or corn sacks sewn sideways together.at wagga, n.
Venturesome Tom 142: The goldfields after the dust storm, was a sight never to be forgotten [...] the miners rushing to the hotel for drink to wash out, as they said, their eyes and nose and mouth, after this ‘willy willy’ or ‘cock-eyed Bob’ dust storm.at willy-willy, n.
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