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[Aus] G.A. Wilkes Dict. Aus. Colloquialisms 332/1: Tallarook, things are crook in Catchphrase for any adverse situation [f. rhyme on place-name]. Other catchphrases include: Bugger all at Blackall. There’s no work at Bourke. Got the arse at Bulli Pass. No lucre at Echuca. In jail at Innisfail. Things are weak at Julia Creek. Things are crook at Muswellbrook. The girls are bandy at Urandangie.
at girls are bandy at Urandangie, the, phr.
[Aus] G.A. Wilkes Dict. Aus. Colloquialisms.
at flip oneself off (v.) under flip off, v.1
[Aus] G.A. Wilkes Dict. Aus. Colloquialisms 332/1: Tallarook, things are crook in Catchphrase for any adverse situation [f. rhyme on place-name]. Other catchphrases include: Bugger all at Blackall. There’s no work at Bourke. Got the arse at Bulli Pass. No lucre at Echuca. In jail at Innisfail. Things are weak at Julia Creek. Things are crook at Muswellbrook. The girls are bandy at Urandangie.
at in jail at Innisfail under jail, n.
[Aus] G.A. Wilkes Dict. Aus. Colloquialisms 332/1: Tallarook. things are crook in. Catchphrase for any adverse situation [...] Other catchphrases include: There’s no work at Bourke. Got the arse at Bulli Pass. No luchre at Echuca. In jail at Innisfail. Things are weak at Julia Creek. Things are crook at Muswellbrook. The girls are bandy at Urandangie.
at things are crook in Tallarook under things, n.
[Aus] G.A. Wilkes Dict. Aus. Colloquialisms (3rd edn) 62/1: bushman’s breakfast Variously described as ‘a drink of water and a good look around’, ‘a hitch in the belt and a good look around’, ‘a shave and a shit and a good look around’: echoed in the title of the Phillip Theatre review of the 1960s, ‘A cup of tea, a Bex and a good lie down’.
at bushman’s breakfast (n.) under bushman’s..., n.
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