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[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 232: It was the baby she saw as her strong card; that was an ace. For even white folk had pity on a woman carrying a child.
at ace, n.
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 158: Big Boss up top, him sore fella last night. He send rain down proper.
at big boss, the, n.
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 291: ‘Well, it’s the old tray-bit!’ he cried. ‘The old Trissy! She does it for three-pence.’.
at trey-bit, n.
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 299: The skids are under him. Old man Trew happened to drive up while there was a bit of an all-in go outside your bloke’s humpy [...] They didn’t get him. But he’s in the blue.
at in the blue under blue, n.1
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 251: He ain’t got Buckley’s chance.
at Buckley’s, n.
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 247: Arty gets a wire from his missus to say as one of the kids has gone bush and got lost.
at go bush (v.) under bush, n.1
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 161: Hi Freddie! What about getting your coons to truck my mob?
at coon, n.
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 248: Monty wants us to get the dog licence – that’s the paper they give you. [...] If we had this paper, me and you could have walked into that pub and stood at the bar all day and none of ’em could have said a word to us.
at dog licence (n.) under dog, n.2
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 247: He reckoned we’d been havin’ a pink-eye—layin’ up on the grog.
at pink-eye, n.
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 186: She was his gin, and he was a nigger.
at gin, n.1
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 299: The skids are under him. Old man Trew happened to drive up while there was a bit of an all-in go outside your bloke’s humpy [...] They didn’t get him. But he’s in the blue.
at go, n.1
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 230: ‘You’re far gone,’ Martha said [...] ‘I is. We’s walked a long way.’ The dragging, weary footsteps were in Nona’s voice.
at gone, adj.1
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 224: We keep to ourselves and don’t have no no-goods round us.
at no-good, n.
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 227: I don’t know nothing about ’em [trucks] I can start her and steer her. But when she stops I’m jiggered up.
at jiggered, adj.1
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 235: ‘We’ll all have things, Nona.’ ‘My bloody oath we will!’ George said.
at my bloody oath! (excl.) under my oath!, excl.
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 165: I bet he’s a nasty piece of work.
at piece of work (n.) under piece, n.
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 224: You’re one of them pimps that runs and tells the johns.
at pimp, n.
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 299: The skids are under him. Old man Trew happened to drive up while there was a bit of an all-in go outside your bloke’s humpy [...] Yes, he’s in the blue. They’re going to kick him out.
at have the skids under someone (v.) under skids, n.
[Aus] F.B. Vickers Mirage (1958) 247: He hit this Gepp snoozer fair in the moosh.
at snoozer, n.1
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