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The Burnt Ones choose

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[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 15: ‘All set?’ Ossie asked.
at all set, adj.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 306: ‘They’re rough as bags,’ Lummy explained.
at ...a bag under rough as..., adj.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 129: ‘Was it birdseed?’ ‘Was it my Aunt Fanny!’.
at my Aunt Fanny! (excl.) under Aunt Fanny, n.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 71: I was never cut out for any sort of academic wife. No sirree!
at no siree (bob)!, excl.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 161: ‘I’m buggered if I will!’ he said, very quiet.
at buggered, adj.1
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 126: ‘Bum to you!’ Lova said.
at bum!, excl.1
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 312: So you had to get into bed with him [...] That was how she copped the twins.
at cop, v.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 241: Who am I to crab somebody we haven’t even met?
at crab, v.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 132: I’ll bring you a cuppa, and a slice of that pound cake.
at cuppa, n.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 298: He felt her warmth, her firm diddies pressed against his back.
at diddies, n.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 294: I’m not gunna stand by and watch any kid of mine [...] turn ’isself into a bloody dipso!
at dipso, n.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 152: Provided it is not you [...] who are having a fly at doing good, I shall not worry all that much.
at have a fly at (v.) under fly, n.5
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 312: So you had to get into bed with him. Grogged up half the time.
at grogged, adj.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 312: He could tell a grouse was coming.
at grouse, n.2
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 298: The wind was giving his eyes gyp.
at give someone gyp (v.) under gyp, n.2
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 129: I’m not gunna stand around exchanging words with any long-haired nong [...] Not on yours!
at not on your life under life, n.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 62: For that horrid man. Whom I found smarmy before he turned mean and rude.
at smarmy, adj.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 302: I couldn’t he said, I couldn’t get a stand, not if you was to give me the jackpot.
at stand, n.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 173: Even in the middle of the night, you can give me a tingle on the ’phone.
at tingle, n.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 163: Where have the old boys toddled off to?
at toddle, v.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 157: No one can deny, Yours Truly least of all, it makes a difference having a man in the house.
at yours truly, n.
[Aus] P. White Burnt Ones 311: Alone in the back of the ute, Lum Whalley sat forward on the empty crate.
at ute, n.
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