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[Aus] F. Adams Australians 143: Considering the still semi-nomadic character of a large portion of the people, the ‘bogey’ notions held by one section of it in regard to the others exceed all reasonableness.
at bogey, adj.
[Aus] F. Adams Australians 143: The ignorance of Victorians concerning the facts of daily existence in Queensland is often only one shade less than that of a full-blown British ‘new chum’.
at new chum, n.
[Aus] F. Adams Australians 168: He ‘knocks down’ the squattorial cheque and requests to be kept drunk so long as it lasts.
at knock down, v.
[Aus] F. Adams Australians 181: He comes to a shed with two horses, stores, and ten ‘notes’.
at note, n.2
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