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[Aus] Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA) 5 Feb. 4/6: When the Soudanese spotted him, he ‘donged’ him with his boot box.
at dong, v.
[Aus] Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA) 14 July 6/1: Cliff and I had a never-to-be-frogotten swim ‘in the raw’.
at raw, adj.
[Aus] North. Times (Carnarvon, WA) 24 Sept. 2/6: Band of hope: Lemon syrup.
at band of hope, n.1
[Aus] North. Times (Carnarvon, WA) 24 Sept. 2/6: Up to Mud: Worthless, uselsss, no good.
at up to mud (adj.) under mud, n.
[Aus] North. Times (Carnarvon, WA) 24 Sept. 2/6: Pills: A pharmaceutical chemist.
at pill, n.
[Aus] North. Times (Carnarvon, WA) 24 Sept. 2/6: Shypoo: A sly-grog shop.
at shypoo joint (n.) under shypoo, n.
[Aus] North. Times (Carnarvon, WA) 24 Sept. 2/6: Sook: a coward.
at sook, n.
[Aus] North. Times (Carnarvon, WA) 24 Sept. 2/6: Tailors: Machine Made Cigarettes.
at tailor, n.
[Aus] Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA) 9 Jan. 12/4: ‘Stiffen the lizards and strike me handsome!’ he exclaimed aloud.
at strike me handsome! (excl.) under strike me...!, excl.
[Aus] Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA) 9 Jan. 12/4: ‘Stiffen the lizards and strike me handsome!’ he exclaimed aloud.
at stiffen the lizards! (excl.) under stiffen, v.1
[Aus] Northern Times (Carnarvon, WA) 9 Feb. 5/3: Donovan couldn’t even swear in Irish when he saw his spotless engines disappear in the Big Drink.
at big drink (n.) under drink, n.1
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