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The present state of Australia : a description of the country, its advantages and prospects, with reference to emigration, and a particular account of the manners, customs, and condition of its aboriginal inhabitants choose

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[Aus] R. Dawson Present State of Aus. 152: A proposition was made by one of my natives to go and steal a gin (wife).
at gin, n.1
[Aus] R. Dawson Present State of Aus. 201: Some were seven years’ men, and others were what they call ‘lifers’, to which class Edwards belonged .
at lifer, n.
[Aus] R. Dawson Present State of Aus. 141: If he (greyhound) has less ferocity when he comes up with an ‘old man,’ so much the better.... The strongest and most courageous dog can, seldom conquer a wool-man alone, and not one in fifty will face him fairly; the dog who has the temerity is certain to be disabled, if not killed.
at old man, n.
[Aus] R. Dawson Present State of Aus. 66: Such a weapon as their waddy is it is formed like a large kitchen poker, and nearly as heavy, only much shorter in the handle. The iron-bark wood, of which it is made, is very hard, and nearly as heavy as iron.
at waddy, n.
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