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Rambles in New South Wales 92: They were a rag-tag and bobtail congregation.at rag, tag and bobtail, n.
Rambles in New South Wales 92: They were a rag-tag and bobtail congregation. Rambles in New South Wales 221: He saw Dick, Tom, and Harry, who had gone through the ordeal upon which he was entering.at Tom, Dick and Harry, n.
Rambles in New South Wales 75: One [i.e. Aborigine] came running to us, saying that he had ‘bailed up,’ or secured, a white fellow [...] having caught him without a pass.at bail up, v.
Rambles in New South Wales 209: The summit of his bliss is a ‘brandy ball.’.at ball, n.2
Rambles in New South Wales 24: He pitched headlong into the stream, upsetting with the surge both blackey and his canoe.at blackie (n.) under black, adj.
Rambles in New South Wales 267: Their [i.e. Jews] pursuits consist chiefly in furbishing up ‘old clo’ [...] which they palm upon Johnny Newcomes.at old clo, n.
Rambles in New South Wales 68: Our host was surrounded by a little army of ‘Cornstalks.’ [...] The designation ‘Cornstalk’ is given because the young people run up like the stems of the Indian corn.at cornstalk, n.
Rambles in New South Wales 212: They [...] travel down the country to the nearest public house and ‘knock their money down.’.at knock down, v.
Rambles in New South Wales 231: Professing to be men of ‘the fancy,’ they made converts of two promising men.at Fancy, the, n.
Rambles in New South Wales 231: These men were known [...] as the ‘flash mob.’ They spoke the secret language of thieves.at flash mob (n.) under flash, adj.
Rambles in New South Wales 72: Were labour abundant and cheap, the farmer would still, – to use a colonial expression, – ‘be put in the hole,’ so far as money-making goes.at in the hole (adj.) under hole, n.1
Rambles and Observations N.S.W. 11: It used to be the practice to cut the centre out of a dollar, and the middle piece was called ‘a dump’, and the remainder of the original coin ‘a holey dollar.’.at holy dollar (n.) under holy, adj.
Rambles in New South Wales 274: There is a sweet little cherub that sits up above, to look out for the life of poor Jack.at jack, n.5
Rambles in New South Wales 267: Their [i.e. Jews] pursuits consist chiefly in furbishing up ‘old clo’ [...] which they palm upon Johnny Newcomes.at johnny newcome (n.) under johnny, n.1
Rambles in New South Wales 168: You, you long-tailed donkey, were lagged with your own consent.at lagged, adj.1
Rambles in New South Wales 8: An unpleasant-looking ‘expiree convict’ – otherwise (also colonially) ‘one who has served his lagging.’.at lagging, n.
Rambles in New South Wales 221: When a ‘lifer’ had held a ticket-of-leave for six years [...] he was further indulged with a conditional pardon.at lifer, n.
Rambles in New South Wales 168: The phrase ‘long-tailed’ is an allusion to the emigrant’s carefully-kept church-going coat.at long-tailed, adj.
Rambles in New South Wales 231: These men were known [...] as the ‘flash mob.’ They spoke the secret language of thieves.at mob, n.2
Rambles in New South Wales 89: He required a rig-out [...] that he might appear a ‘cabon swell,’ and some ‘white money’ (silver) that he might be able ‘to take his grog like a gentleman.’.at rig-out, n.
Rambles in New South Wales 231: They [...] were ever intent on robbing the stores with false keys, called by them screws.at screw, n.1
Rambles in New South Wales 221: Some of the convicts, however, would ‘try it on’ [...] their object being by all means to escape labour.at try it on (v.) under try, v.
Rambles in New South Wales 89: He required a rig-out [...] that he might appear a ‘cabon swell,’ and some ‘white money’ (silver) that he might be able ‘to take his grog like a gentleman.’.at white money (n.) under white, adj.
Rambles 35: I also felt a sort of quivering curiosity to see a New Brunswick ‘Blue Noser’.at bluenoser, n.
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