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Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo choose

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[Aus] A. Marshall ‘Bushman’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 95: I’m backstoppin’ ye, be Jasus.
at backstop (n.) under back, adj.2
[Aus] A. Marshall ‘Bushman’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 95: ‘Come on you groping dingo,’ he shouted to the big bullocky who was tightening his belt.
at bullocky, n.
[Aus] A. Marshall ‘Bushman’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 98: Trip the cow and, as he goes down, slip your knee up into the belly uv him and take his wind.
at cow, n.1
[Aus] A. Marshall ‘Bushman’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 95: ‘Come on, you groping dingo,’ he shouted to the big bullocky.
at dingo, n.
[Aus] A. Marshall Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 104: He was an old scrub bull [...] I had driven him back a week before and that morning I gave him Larry Dooley across the bend.
at give someone Larry Dooley (v.) under Larry Dooley, n.
[Aus] A. Marshall ‘You’re a Character’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 65: She is a grape on the business on account of having no bloke.
at grape on the business (n.) under grape, n.1
[Aus] A. Marshall ‘Bushman’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 95: The Groper shook off the hand that the red-bearded man had laid on his shoulder.
at groper, n.2
[Aus] A. Marshall ‘Cardiac’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 33: I got a gutful of gas at that bloody war.
at gutsful, n.
[Aus] A. Marshall ‘Bushman’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 99: Hop into him, Bushman. Rip him wide open.
at hop in(to), v.
[Aus] A. Marshall ‘Singing of the Sun’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 59: The screams . . . the shouting . . . ‘Sock it into ’em’.
at sock it to, v.
[Aus] A. Marshall ‘You’re a Character’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 64: ‘Out of petrol!’ I says [...] ‘Funny that,’ says Sam, lifting his lip at me. ‘She must be eatin’ up the juice.’.
at juice, n.1
[Aus] A. Marshall ‘Bushman’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 95: I’ll have a lash at him, runt or not.
at have a lash (at) (v.) under lash, n.1
[Aus] A. Marshall ‘You’re a Character’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 65: I don’t like putting you girls back a bob, but I’m that much light.
at light, adj.
[Aus] A. Marshall ‘You’re a Character’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 66: ‘Babies, nothin’!’ says the big girl.
at nothing!, excl.
[Aus] A. Marshall Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 4: It knocked him rotten.
at rotten, adv.
[Aus] A. Marshall ‘Grey Kangaroo’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 17: They were almost black—‘scrubbers,’ the old man called them.
at scrubber, n.
[Aus] A. Marshall ‘Bushman’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 99: He slugged and smashed him. [...] He sent him reeling back among the yelling men. ‘Slash the cow.’ ‘Did you see that?’ ‘Jesus!’.
at slash, v.
[Aus] A. Marshall Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 142: I was spitting chips. God, I was dry!
at spit chips (v.) under spit, v.
[Aus] A. Marshall ‘Bushman’ in Tell Us About the Turkey, Jo 98: ‘You’re next, O’Callaghan,’ he cried. ‘I’ll towel you up when I finish off this runt.’.
at towel up (v.) under towel, v.
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