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[UK] B. Baynton ‘Billy Skywonkie’ Bush Studies 105: Le’ss get away afore she sees us, or she’ll make yer swallow yer chewers.
at chewers, n.
[UK] B. Baynton ‘Billy Skywonkie’ Bush Studies 91: He took the water bag [...] and poured the contents into the open mouth and over the face of the ‘dosed’ man.
at dosed (adj.) under dose, n.1
[UK] B. Baynton ‘Billy Skywonkie’ Bush Studies 91: By cripes, there ’e is – goosed already, an’ ’e on’y got ’is cheque las’ night. On the chimney side of the shanty a man lay in agitated sleep. [...] He had emptied the bottle lying at his feet.
at goosed, adj.
[UK] B. Baynton ‘Bush Church’ Bush Studies 119: She was the only ‘Rabbit Ketcher’ this side of the township. To bring a qualified mid-wife from civilization would have represented a crippling expenditure to these cockies.
at rabbit-catcher (n.) under rabbit, n.1
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