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Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 111: He did not of course pay the casuals very big wages.at casual, n.1
Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 111: He did not of course pay the casuals very big wages. (ref. to 1850s) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 13: The Australians were nicknamed ‘Prophets’ or ‘Shagroons’.at shagroon, n.
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 362: Blacksmith – A term of contempt for a bad cook.at blacksmith, n.1
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 365: Buckley’s Chance, Buckley’s – No chance whatever.at Buckley’s, n.
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 366: Bull the tea – Put soda in it to make it stronger.at bull the tea (v.) under bull, v.2
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 366: Bullocky’s Joy – Golden syrup or treacle.at bullocky’s joy (n.) under bullocky, n.
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 366: Burgoo – Sailors’ word for porridge. Here the word is applied to the oatmeal and water taken to the woolshed or harvest field to be drunk between smoke-ohs.at burgoo, n.
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 366: Burst, Bust – Drinking bout, e.g., ‘He has been on the burst for a week’.at (go) on the burst under burst, n.2
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 366: Bush Lawyer – Argumentative, agitating workman.at bush lawyer (n.) under bush, adj.1
(ref. to 1890-1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 367: Captain Cooker – Slang for wild pig.at Captain Cook, n.
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 368: Cheque proud – A station hand becomes c.p. when he wants a bust.at cheque-proud (adj.) under cheque, n.
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 368: Chips – Nickname for a station carpenter.at chips, n.1
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 369: Cobbler – Shearers’ slang. Worst sheep to shear in a pen.at cobbler, n.1
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 369: cockatoo’s weather – Fine by day and rain at night; or, sometimes, fine all the week and wet on Sunday. [Ibid.] 370: Cockatoo – Now usually abbreviated to cocky. An agricultural farmer, a small farmer, as opposed to a squatter or sheep farmer.at cockatoo, n.2
(ref. to 1890-1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 370: Colonial goose – Leg of mutton, boned and stuffed.at colonial duck (n.) under colonial, adj.
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 370: Commercial – Slang for swagger.at commercial, n.
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 371: Cowspanker – Station slang for cowboy; [...] to people in town it connotes a dairy farmer and that to cowspank is to run a dairy farm.at cow-spanker (n.) under cow, n.1
(ref. to 1890-1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 372: Cronk – Ill, not at all well.at cronk, adj.
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 373: Dead horse, Working a – Working off an old debt, usually for overdrawn wages.at dead horse, n.1
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 374: Dingbats – Slang, of Australian origin, for delerium tremens. The ds., I believe, are really the snakes, weasels, etc., which a sufferer sees.at dingbats, n.
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 374: Doctor – Slang for cook.at doctor, n.
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 374: Dover – AE gives the meaning as a clasp knife.at dover, n.1
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 375: Drag the chain, to – To be the slowest shearer in a shed.at drag the chain (v.) under drag, v.1
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 375: Drum – Swag.at drum, n.5
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 375: Drummer – The slowest shearer in a shed.at drummer, n.5
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 375: Dry horrors – State of a shepherd when back from a bust in town.at dry horrors (n.) under dry, adj.1
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 380: Gummy – An old sheep that has lost its teeth.at gummy, n.1
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 380: Gun, big gun – A really fast shearer, one who could ring most sheds. E.g., ‘So-and-so’s a g. shearer’.at gun, n.1
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 381: Hash-me-gandy – Station stew.at hashmagandy, n.
(ref. to 1890–1910) Early Canterbury Runs (1951) 383: Jakerloo, Jake – All right, comfortably placed.at jakeloo, adj.
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