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in Under Hook 18: Listen, tell Freddie to pull his finger out or he’ll get the arse.at arse, n.
in Under Hook 18: Listen, tell Freddie to pull his finger out or he’ll get the arse. in Under Hook 40: Lou was a coalie – the last top-man operating in the Port of Melbourne. His craft had vanished without a trace.at coalie, n.
in Under Hook 16: I used to cockatoo for them – watch for the police.at cockatoo, v.
in Under Hook 16: He was even considering if he could go for Compo for a bad back.at compo, n.
(ref. to 1920s) in Under Hook 26: I did my apprenticeship at Union Can. First place I got cobbed! The girls used to take your pants down when you was a kid!at cop, v.
in Under Hook 107: The wharfies would accept a floater just as the boss would.at floater, n.1
in Under Hook 88: The Permanent and Casual Waterside Workers’ Union (popularly known as jacks or scabs).at jack, n.19
Under Hook 60: They tell of a Port Melbourne man who, having scabbed in 1928, never left his house again.at scab, v.
Under Hook 130: So the Federation bloke says, ‘Who’s me mate?’ I said, ‘Him.’ The Federation bloke said, ‘No, scratch me,’ and the other bloke said, ‘Scratch me too,’ so they both went. They just wouldn’t work with each other.at scratch off (v.) under scratch, v.
Under the Hook 76: We wouldn’t work, we’d be sitting there for two hours, and if he had a shitty, old McKinnon, he wouldn’t let us go home.at shitty, n.
in Under Hook 29: If you was a regular at the pub you ticked your beer up.at tick, v.1
(ref. to 1920s) in Under Hook 15: Sister Anthony gave me one bloody big whaling with a strap.at whaling, n.
Under Hook 6: Wharfies [...] worked on the frontiers of the nation in a hard, dangerous occupation. [Ibid.] 15: Wharfies have always been good drinkers. It’s the industry.at wharfie, n.
(ref. to 1928) in Under Hook 65: If I’d had my way I’d have blabbed the lot of them. Because I was a yapper.at yap, n.1
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