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Tales of the Early Days 241: The poor sinner at Macquarie Harbour, who told Surgeon Barnes that once he was flogged he did not care a brass farden what became of him.at not care a farthing, v.
Tales of the Early Days 241: The poor sinner at Macquarie Harbour, who told Surgeon Barnes that once he was flogged he did not care a brass farden what became of him. Tales of the Early Days 149: Udn’t I look a fool now ter report ’Arry ’Ansen sick, an’ then by an’ by th’ doc. comes ’long an’ ses he’s a-shammin’ Abram?at sham abram, v.
Tales of the Early Days 131: What the devil Gov’ment meant by sending me bread-and-butter misses who turn sick at a flogging and faint at the use of the tube-gag [...] I don’t know.at bread-and-butter, adj.
(ref. to c.1800) Tales of the Early Days 125: [note] At Norfolk Island it was the awful custom among the more hardened convicts to invert the meaning of ‘good’ and ‘bad.’ A ‘good’ man was a notorious criminal; a ‘bad’ one was a man who sought to act honestly and purely.at bad, adj.
Tales of the Early Days 293: [note] ‘Balls’ — Convict term for ‘free drinks.’.at ball, n.2
Tales of the Early Days 260: Oh, blast you, blast you! Go away!at blast, v.1
Tales of the Early Days 149: Wright’s not a bird as’ll be caught by there ’ere sort o’ chaff.at chaff, n.1
Tales of the Early Days 161: He felt it was ‘not quite the cheese’ [...] for him to place himself in direct communication with the principal in the plot he had contrived.at cheese, the, n.
Tales of the Early Days 38: I never ’ud ha’ got rid o’ them damned clinks but for thee until the day I fed the worms.at clink, n.1
Tales of the Early Days 280: Is it fair as ’e should be cokumin’ yer in a lot o’ damned trash, w’en I knows better?at cocum, v.
Tales of the Early Days 288: Yer ol’ friend, Izzy — vat copped ye at Paramatta an’ sent ye to th’ Phoenix!at cop, v.
Tales of the Early Days 149: ‘Hansen oughter see th’ croaker,’ said Freeman.at croaker, n.5
(ref. to early 19C) Tales of the Early Days 144: On the voyage from Sydney [they] had been flogged, cuffed, ‘spread-eagled,’ celled together.at cuff, v.2
Tales of the Early Days 189: I’ll do for any man who forces the darbies on me!at darby, n.2
Tales of the Early Days 138: Double my gentleman’s irons, and darby the other hand.at darby, v.
Tales of the Early Days 149: Udn’t I look a fool now ter report ’Arry ’Ansen sick, an’ then by an’ by th’ doc. comes ’long an’ ses he’s a-shammin’ Abram?at doc, n.
Tales of the Early Days 237: By my lights, my flash cove, I’ll have to take your flashness out of yer.at flashness (n.) under flash, adj.
Tales of the Early Days 282: They sell their breeches for grog.at grog, n.1
Tales of the Early Days 108: ‘You know I can inflict penalties upon you for refusing to answer my plain interrogatory?’ ‘Short o’ puttin’ me into an ’oss’ necklace yer can, sir.’.at horse’s necklace (n.) under horse, n.
Tales of the Early Days 133: ‘Phew,’ exclaimed the D.A.C.G. ‘That’s hot, Wright. Is he going to make a fuss about it?’.at hot, adj.
Tales of the Early Days 285: Like yer imperence, Jim Hughes [...] interferin’ with wot ain’t yer business.at imperence, n.
Tales of the Early Days 95: ‘Is it — doom, Peake?’ he asked. Peake nodded. ‘Who,’ stammeringly questioned Osborne, ‘who is the Ketch?’.at Jack Ketch, n.
Tales of the Early Days 278: The man [...] took advantage of the opportunity to declare in plain, audible terms that ‘it wor all a cokumed job!’.at job, n.2
Tales of the Early Days 106: I’ve ’erd it mumbled ev’ry Sunday since I was a kinchin.at kinchin, n.
Tales of the Early Days 10: Give us my five hunderd quick an’ a’ done wi’ it. Look slippy now, Ol’ King-o’-th’-Lags!at lag, n.2
Tales of the Early Days 10: Give us my five hunderd quick an’ a’ done wi’ it. Look slippy now, Ol’ King-o’-th’-Lags!at look slippy! (excl.) under look, v.
Tales of the Early Days 217: An’ yer dad won’t be too looney to flog — nobody’s too looney to flog.at loony, adj.
Tales of the Early Days 141: Up to this date only the prisoners in the gaol had been supplied with ‘magpie’ — yellow (or brown) and black — clothing.at magpie, n.1
Tales of the Early Days 13: P’r’aps ye’d like to do th’ nubbling cheat trick at once? Better now than later.at nubbing cheat (n.) under nubbing, n.
Tales of the Early Days 217: They ain’t goin’ ter let a purty piece o’ goods like yer slip through their ’ands.at piece of goods (n.) under piece, n.
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