1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 193: A certain yellow tone of colour [...] pervades the ‘altogether’ of the old man, for the iron-rust and clay-stains of years of lonely toil [...] have dyed the skin.at altogether, the, n.
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 79: ‘Advance Australia,’ yells Mr. Corn-stalk (N.S. Wales), John Chinaman Crow-eater, Esq. (South Australia), or hot-headed Master Banana-boy (Queensland).at banana boy (n.) under banana, n.
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 69: He is a bit ‘breezy’ just now, for he has already begun to ‘knock down his cheque’ [...] but he sobers up under the keen ‘no nonsense’ glance.at breezy, adj.1
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 116: He gave them a ‘touch’ of Australia. He could ‘talk bullock’ and ‘no flies’.at talk bullock (v.) under bullock, n.
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 219: The poor wretches one sees forced to work by brutal squatters, carriers, ‘cockatoo’ settlers, and others. [Ibid.] 226: Arrived at the little station, I was introduced to Mrs. Cockatoo-squatter.at cockatoo, n.2
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 56: Them Star boys collared me ticket, an [...] I’ll get dollied if fayther cotched me back at ’ome without a thick ’un fur ’im.at collar, v.
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 116: Members of those upper circles who belong to the genus termed in Australia parlance ‘silver-tailed,’ in distinction to the ‘copper-tailed’ democratic classes.at coppertail (n.) under copper, adj.
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 79: ‘Advance Australia,’ yells Mr. Corn-stalk (N.S. Wales), John Chinaman Crow-eater, Esq. (South Australia), or hot-headed Master Banana-boy (Queensland).at cornstalk, n.
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 79: ‘Advance Australia,’ yells Mr. Corn-stalk (N.S. Wales), John Chinaman Crow-eater, Esq. (South Australia), or hot-headed Master Banana-boy (Queensland).at crow-eater (n.) under crow, n.2
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 56: Them Star boys collared me ticket, an [...] I’ll get dollied if fayther cotched me back at ’ome without a thick ’un fur ’im.at dolly, v.
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 258: Here he is, working hard to ‘knock up’ another cheque.at knock up, v.
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 258: Here he is, working hard to ‘knock up’ another cheque.at knock up a cheque (v.) under knock up, v.
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 2: A stately Maori chief, with dark, tattooed, thoughtful face, surmounted with the incongruous ‘long-sleeved hat’ of Europe.at long-sleeved top (n.) under long, adj.
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 200: Them Myalls (wild natives) don’t seem to mean business to-night.at myall, n.
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 85: The scene before us is the heart of the weird ‘Never, Never Land’ so called by the earliest pioneers.at never-never, the, n.1
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 116: Members of those upper circles who belong to the genus termed in Australia parlance ‘silver-tailed’.at silvertail, adj.
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 117: A dark, elderly man, dressed in a ‘slop’-made grey suit.at slop-made (adj.) under slop, n.2
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 217: Participating in a number of ‘nips’ of ‘stringy bark’ – a curious combination of fusil oil and turpentine, labelled ‘whiskey’.at stringybark, n.
1890 A.J. Vogan Black Police 56: Them Star boys collared me ticket, an [...] I’ll get dollied if fayther cotched me back at ’ome without a thick ’un fur ’im.at thick ’un, n.