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[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 120: Ouch! Smart arse.
at smart-arse, n.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 54: Yer mad as a cut snake.
at ...a cut snake under mad as..., adj.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 81: In a school full of [...] Kylie Minogues (barf!).
at barf!, excl.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 95: He was a bit shocked to see all the black T-shirts and beetle-crushers.
at beetle-crusher (n.) under beetle, n.1
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 39: The dog butted him in the tricky bits.
at tricky bits, n.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 122: I look at seventeen year olds [...] and they don’t looked so blissed that I suddenly want to be like them.
at bliss out, v.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 31: I can honestly tell them I’m doin’ me block.
at do one’s block (v.) under block, n.1
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 119: There were no surfers — only science boffins.
at boffin, n.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 93: Bogans. This was definitely [...] a bogan car. [Ibid.] 112: You know what for, ya silly moron! For hangin’ around with bogs! Fraternizin’ with the enemy!
at bogan, n.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 71: They talked about ‘boongs’ and ‘slopes’ and ‘dagos’.
at boong, n.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 101: He had a hunch, a fabulous hunch, that he wouldn’t be seeing that bucket of bogan bolts again for a while.
at bucket of bolts (n.) under bucket of..., n.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 45: You won’t expect me to sit on the beach like some dumb adoring surf-chick, will you?
at surf bunny (n.) under bunny, n.1
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 132: They went back to their bikes, sweating and breathless and cacking themselves laughing.
at cack, v.1
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 48: Oh, cack, sir!
at cack, adj.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 59: You could see them swapping chewies.
at chewie, n.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 9: Another time, cobbers. I’m off to work.
at cobber, n.2
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 78: Nah, Lockie wouldn’t crack onto a snob.
at crack on, v.2
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 95: Their Levis hung down so far you could see the tops of their bum cracks.
at crack, n.3
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 118: His oldies waved. He tried to crank up a smile for them.
at crank, v.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 53: Hypodermical! Geez, yer a dag!
at dag, n.2
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 36: He went to school with a great daggy smile on his face like he’d come half-stoned from the dentist’s.
at daggy, adj.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 121: I haven’t got a Cherry Ripe, dumbo.
at dumbo, n.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 16: Boys’ dunnies smell the same anywhere.
at dunny, n.2
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 122: No, don’t be an egg.
at egg, n.2
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 31: He didn’t look old enough for a job, even with all the face-prickle.
at face-prickle (n.) under face, n.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 123: I’m nuts [...] I am a flamin’ fruitcake!
at flaming, adj.1
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 66: It was flamin’ complicated. [Ibid.] 123: I’m nuts [...] I am a flamin’ fruitcake!
at flaming, adj.2
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 106: He’s a pacifist, they told each other. A fruitcake, but you gotta respect him for it.
at fruitcake, n.1
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 15: He was the full bucket on sex (naturally).
at full bucket, the (n.) under full, adj.
[Aus] T. Winton Human Torpedo 110: ‘And the bogs?’ he murmured. ‘Were they just to get up your oldies?’.
at get up, v.1
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