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No Sunlight Singing choose

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[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 23: I was real arsy to pick up a job here.
at arsey, adj.1
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 178: This job of yours with Native Affairs would be a fair old bludge.
at bludge, n.
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 196: If you get caught throwin’ a leg over one o’ them they’ll hit you with the book.
at throw the book at (v.) under book, n.
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 80: ‘Reach us the tin o’ cocky’s joy.’ Reg took the tin of syrup.
at cocky’s delight (n.) under cocky, n.2
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 31: Some o’ those creamy bitches [...] put on airs as if they was white.
at creamy, n.1
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 53: They had been told that the man in charge of the bore was ‘troppo’ and crooked on blacks and just as likely to shoot them as not.
at crooked on, adj.
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 22: Look mate, I’ll give yer the drum [...] don’t expect nothin’ at this place.
at drum, n.6
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 195: ‘Gor,’ he told his mate, ‘she looks like a film star [...] but she’s an abo all right.’.
at gor!, excl.
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 23: That’s why that blue I had nearly gummed it up.
at gum, v.2
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 195: Say, Les, what’s the drill with these halfies? [...] That dance I went to th’ other night. There was all colours there – black, white, brown and brindle.
at halfie, n.
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 55: Khaki trousers [...] covered the bony legs almost to the dirty bare ankles which disappeared into a broken-down pair of ‘laughingside’ riding boots.
at laughing-side(d) boot (n.) under laughing, adj.
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 196: An’ as far as sheilas goes, you can throw a leg over ’em if they’ll let you.
at throw a/one’s leg over (v.) under leg, n.
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 181: It’s nice and sweet, they lap it up like lolly water.
at lollywater, n.
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 32: I can liven up with a shot of metho.
at metho, n.
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 196: If you get caught throwin’ a leg over one o’ them they’ll hit you with the book. Six moons in Fanny Bay first up.
at moon, n.
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 195: I never lumbered none. I never tried, but I see blokes whizzin ’em off.
at race off, v.
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 194: ‘You watch yourself, mate,’ cautioned Les. ‘Remember you’re in Darwin now, not W.A. It’s dynamite if you’re caught playing with abos in this town.’.
at play, v.
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 196: I hear all these old hands talking about gin rorting, as if it’s the national sport in the Territory.
at rort, v.2
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 31: I seen this half-caste piece—what a slasher!
at slasher, n.1
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 42: She turned and cocked a snook at the house.
at cock a snoot (at) (v.) under snoot, n.
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 31: He had a half-caste stud who dropped a piccanninny [...] Ever since then he won’t allow any of his studs to drop one here.
at stud, n.
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 53: They had been told that the man in charge of the bore was ‘troppo.’.
at troppo, adj.
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 196: Trouble with this weed in the damp it gets so damn’ wet you can’t get it to draw.
at weed, n.1
[Aus] J. Walker No Sunlight Singing (1966) 16: Tommy get the metho; Anni get the whacko; heh! heh!
at whacko, n.
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