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[Aus] Aus. Parlty Debates 90 1919: I assure honorable senators that there is no ‘Fiji uncle’ business about this transaction.
at Fiji uncle, n.
[Aus] Aus. Parlty Debates 180 2442/1: [I wonder] whether it resembles a gift from ‘a rich uncle in Fiji’ or a ‘gold brick’ from some other place.
at Fiji uncle, n.
[Aus] Hansard (Aus.) 21 Sept. 1741/2: Mr Bury: Have the trade union leaders paid any more than lip service to decrying violence? Have they taken any effective action, or have they adopted the general, traditional attitude of the man playing the piano on the ground floor of the brothel and affecting neither to know nor care what goes on upstairs?
at piano player in a brothel (n.) under piano, n.
[Aus] Hansard (Aus.) 2 May 49: We have said quite categorically that the VMOs are the first cab off the rank in savings right across the board in health.
at first cab off the rank (n.) under first, adj.
[Aus] Hansard (Aus.) 28 Mar. 791: Mr De Domenico is always a useful deputy to have in these kinds of debates because he has more front than Myers.
at more front than Myers under front, n.1
[Aus] Hansard (Aus.) 25 Aug. 1231: Mr Kaine: To make a quick quid? Ms Carnell: Well, that could be right. A quick quid indicates, Mr Kaine, that there must be buyers out there, does it not?
at quick quid (n.) under quid, n.
[Aus] Hansard (Aus.) vol. 227 6937: There are going to be three shipyards completing — all over, red rover in terms of what they are manufacturing.
at all over red rover, phr.
[Aus] Hansard (Aus.) 6 Aug. 🌐 There were lightning strikes beyond the rabbit-proof fence and local fire officers were reluctant to go in there and do something about it.
at rabbit-proof fence, the, phr.
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