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[Aus] G. Barry Bed and Bored 164: We was at the Club, and I’d been playing the machines all arvo.
at arvo, n.
[Aus] G. Barry Bed and Bored 11: James examined the pass with the eye of a bush lawyer.
at bush lawyer (n.) under bush, adj.1
[Aus] G. Barry Bed and Bored 33: Lay off the onions if you want to crack a woman.
at crack, v.2
[Aus] G. Barry Bed and Bored 122: ‘He doesn’t want to leave his knock-kneed, buck-toothed, brass-eyed gimme for a while!’ ‘Tough. Actually she is not such a bad looking bird.’.
at gimme, n.
[Aus] G. Barry Bed and Bored 19: It was a complete wipe-out then?
at wipe-out, n.
[Aus] G. Barry Bed and Bored 164: ‘Where’s Honest John tonight?’ [...] ‘He done a yellow [...] ’e run off on us.’.
at do a yellow (v.) under yellow, n.
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