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The Backblocks’ Parson choose

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[Aus] ‘Tom Bluegum’ Backblocks’ Parson 181: ‘Say, mister, how much jink [sic] ’ll take to square us?’ ‘My fee is two guineas,’ replied the preacher.
at chink, n.1
[Aus] ‘Tom Bluegum’ Backblocks’ Parson 187: By crummie he’s a queer joker.
at crummy!, excl.
[Aus] ‘Tom Bluegum’ Backblocks’ Parson 176: You’ll stop an’ hitch us up fust?
at hitch (up), v.
[Aus] ‘Tom Bluegum’ Backblocks’ Parson 15: ‘Just the man for the district,’ had been the enthusiastic comment, [...] ‘Rhoide like a jackeroo,’ boss Wilson was just saying.
at jackaroo, n.
[Aus] ‘Tom Bluegum’ Backblocks’ Parson 71: Scrubbers were stray lots of cattle which, having forsaken the open pasture-lands, found a habitat in the [...] scrubs.
at scrubber, n.
[Aus] ‘Tom Bluegum’ Backblocks’ Parson 181: ‘Say, mister, how much jink [sic] ’ll take to square us?’ ‘My fee is two guineas,’ replied the preacher.
at square, v.
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