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On the Wallaby 197: ‘Gin and brandy,’ he replied; and then noting our astonishment, went on to inform us that when he had been in the ‘Royal Bender’ (Anglicè, ‘drinking bout’) ‘he always took ’em together’.at bender, n.2
On the Wallaby 197: ‘Gin and brandy,’ he replied; and then noting our astonishment, went on to inform us that when he had been in the ‘Royal Bender’ (Anglicè, ‘drinking bout’) ‘he always took ’em together’. On the Wallaby 254: The racing code is lax [...] we met men who made it their sole business [...] to tramp the bush with a likely animal, practically living on what he earned them, either by winning, or what is technically termed, ‘running stiff.’ These men are called Forties, otherwise Spielers or Blacklegs.at blackleg, n.1
On the Wallaby 246: An hour’s sharp tennis (for these Queenslanders are never tired) prepares the body for the evening bath, or bogie as it is usually called.at bogey, n.2
On the Wallaby 248: The most wretched old scarecrow of a buggy mortal man ever saw.at buggy, adj.2
On the Wallaby 219: Talking of bullock drivers, the driver himself is called the bullocky, while his mate or assistant is denominated the bullocky’s offsider.at bullocky, n.
On the Wallaby 293: I’m old Jim Collins—poor old Jim, gone dead broke.at dead broke (adj.) under dead, adv.
On the Wallaby 294: These grog shanties, or ‘dead finishes’ as they are often termed, are the curse of the bush. [Ibid.] 296: After a big shearing, [...] everyone with plenty of money to spend, these back country ‘dead finishes’ are nothing more nor less than little hells.at dead finish (n.) under dead, adj.
On the Wallaby 231: No dogrotted woman suffrage about me.at dod-rotted (adj.) under dod, n.1
On the Wallaby 198: We attended a horse sale, and secured four medium horses. [...] Our companion was graciously pleased to say that they were ‘none too dusty’.at dusty, adj.1
On the Wallaby 252: So you’re the man who’s going to wipe the dirt with me, to bang me up and down creation till my own mother wouldn’t know me, eh?at wipe the floor (with), v.
On the Wallaby 137: She belongs to a bêche-de-mer boat [...] manned by black Gins.at gin, n.1
On the Wallaby 259: It was described to us as ‘a place of dead dogs, broken-down grog shanties, and one drunkard’.at grog shanty (n.) under grog, n.1
On the Wallaby 262: Owing to the scarcity of grass our horses had next to nothing to eat, and were well-nigh knocked up.at knocked up, adj.
On the Wallaby 153: Every girl is invariably called ‘Mary’.at Mary, n.
On the Wallaby 266: He only appears sulky and says he wishes they’d give him ‘a bit better moke, and he’d give ’em a run for their money, anyhow!’.at moke, n.1
On the Wallaby 293: I’m old Jim Collins, old Jim Collins, gone a mucker — poor old Jim!at mucker, n.1
On the Wallaby 318: The ‘Darling whalers’, as they are called: idle, loafing, thieving tramps [...] who move up and down the river (up one bank and down the other), from year’s end to year’s end, doing no work and depending for their existence upon the charity of the unfortunate squatter .at Murrumbidgee whaler (n.) under Murrumbidgee, n.
On the Wallaby 219: Talking of bullock drivers, the driver himself is called the bullocky, while his mate or assistant is denominated the bullocky’s offsider.at offsider, n.
On the Wallaby 236: ‘And phat might ye mean by that?’ she asked [...] ‘Don’t you be taking me for one of your flighty pieces; d’ye mind me now!’.at piece, n.
On the Wallaby 232: I’ll raise you out of this ’ere shanty in a pig’s whisper! You take it from me!at in a pig’s whisper (adv.) under pig’s whisper, n.
On the Wallaby 236: Remarking that, if I were a man, I’d ‘put me props up,’ when, though she was a lonely unprotected female in a public conveyance, she’d teach me who was who!at prop, n.2
On the Wallaby 223: The dance was an enormous success. All the élite [...] were there: Silver and Coppertails, as they are variously denominated.at silvertail, n.
On the Wallaby 254: The racing code is lax [...] we met men who made it their sole business [...] to tramp the bush with a likely animal, practically living on what he earned them, either by winning, or what is technically termed, ‘running stiff.’ These men are called Forties, otherwise Spielers or Blacklegs.at spieler, n.
On the Wallaby 296: He is informed that while drunk he stood champagne for every passer-by.at stand, v.2
On the Wallaby 243: I had only brought a few shillings with me. My lunch had cost me half-a-crown, and my bed would swamp another; as practically they were gone, I had no more.at swamp, v.1
On the Wallaby 159: Cairns has but two seasons, the wet and dry, or, in other words, the rainy and the fine.at wet, the, n.
On the Wallaby Intro: ‘On the Wallaby’ is a slang Australianism for ‘On the march’. It is generally applied to persons tramping the bush in search of employment.at on the wallaby under wallaby, n.
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