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[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at durry, n.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at chain up a pup, v.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at have a sheet short (v.) under short of a sheet, phr.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at short of a sheet, phr.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at guy-a-whack, adj.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at suffer a recovery, v.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at plunk a baby, v.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at on one’s abe (adj.) under abe, n.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at juicy about, phr.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl. 30: fowlhouse, up against one’s see ‘duck house, up against one’s’ [i.e. ‘A phrase used to describe some setback to a person’s plans’].
at up against one’s duckhouse under up against, phr.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl. 57: prince alberts: Foot or toe rags, worn by swagmen and itinerants of the ‘water’ type. [...] prince alfreds: ‘Foot rags’. A variant of the above.
at Prince Alberts, n.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at Prince Alberts, n.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at all the year round, n.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at alley up (v.) under alley, n.3
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at alligator bull (n.) under alligator, n.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at anarchist, n.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at bacon and eggs, n.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl. 56: Post-and-rails, [...] (2) Wooden matches.
at post-and-rail, n.1
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at angel’s food (n.) under angel, n.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at annual, n.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl. 5: ant, to See ‘White Ant’.
at white-ant, v.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl. 81: white ant, to: To undermine or sabotage, esp. applied to siuch activities in a [...] union. Whence ‘white-anter’,: a saboteur; ‘white-anting’: the practice.
at white-ant, v.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at any Wee Georgie (Wood)?, phr.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at any dog’s bottom?, phr.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl.
at ape, n.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl. 49: A Noah’s ark, a dull, witless fellow. A rhyme on ‘nark’.
at Noah’s (ark), n.1
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl. 76: tin-ars–ed: Unusually lucky.
at tin-arsed, adj.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl. 6: articles: A suit of clothes.
at article, n.
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl. 6: Artist, a fellow, a bloke. An expert, a specialist; also one who indulges in excesses, e.g., ‘bilge a.’, ‘booze a.’, ‘bull a.’.
at -artist, sfx
[Aus] Baker Popular Dict. Aus. Sl. 61: Rough as a sandbag, as for next. Rough as bags, rough as a bag, unpolished, crude, coarse. Esp. applied to persons. ‘Rough as a pig’s breakfast’ is an equivalent.
at ...a bag under rough as..., adj.
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