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[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 108: While you’re spitting chips like thunder [...] / And the streams of sweat near blind you.
at spit chips (v.) under spit, v.
[Aus] E.J. Dempsey ‘Fall of Patrick Dooley‘ in Bulletin Reciter n.p.: That ragin’ ould pagan / Made my dhrunk as a lord.
at drunk as (a)..., adj.
[Aus] C, Poole ‘Wattle Flat’ in Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 80: When I’m wanting information [...] of any sort— / Of course, I’ll take it from a man that’s got a shingle short!
at shingle short, a, adj.
[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 79: We reckoned that he’d struck a patch — if none would act the goat.
at act the (giddy) goat, v.
[Aus] ‘Curlew‘ ‘Boko‘ in Bulletin Reciter n.p.: The day we got the buster was just after bangtail muster.
at bangtail, n.2
[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 145: She’s as right as the bank.
at right as a bank (adj.) under bank, n.1
[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 91: The troopers both were solid men whose brains had run to beef.
at beef, n.1
[Aus] Ben Sun ‘Cocky’s Handy Man’ in Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 164: The shearer’s mostly beering when he isn’t on the strike.
at beer, v.
[Aus] B. Espinasse ‘Dunno‘ in Bulletin Reciter n.p.: Broke it off? You bet a quid!
at (you) bet your life! (excl.) under bet, v.
[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 181: Den I socked me bit upon ’er— / Ev’ry tray-bit I could bring.
at trey-bit, n.
[Aus] W.T. Goodge ‘Bush Missionary‘ in Bulletin Reciter n.p.: Sing; yer blanky beggars, sing’ / Make the blanky welkin ring! / Won’t you blanky sons of blankers help the blanky man to sing!
at blanky, adj.
[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 3: We brought up Ikey Gizzard (’im they call the Golden Dook) / And several other chaps as makes a ready-money book.
at book, n.
[Aus] E. Dyson ‘A Big “Bust”‘ in Bulletin Reciter n.p.: The wildest bust I ever struck [...] / Was run up by a gentleman they christened ‘Heavy Ned’.
at burst, n.2
[Aus] E. Dyson ‘A Big “Bust”‘ in Bulletin Reciter n.p.: He went out on the bust one time, an’ when the devils come / He scooted for the plain with ’arf a yard o’ Hogan’s rum.
at (go) on the burst under burst, n.2
[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 143: He went out on a bust one time, an’ when the devils come / He scooted for the plain with ’arf a yard o’ Hogans’ rum.
at on a bust under bust, n.
[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 157: The day we got the buster was just after bangtail-muster.
at buster, n.1
[Aus] E. Fisher ‘Sick Cab Rider‘ in Bulletin Reciter n.p.: In the days of old lang syne, / When didn’t ‘cab it’ home until the sun began .
at cab, v.1
[Aus] G.E. Evans ‘Dick Dooley’s Pants’ in Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 91: This chippy little nigger and the antics that he played.
at chippy, adj.2
[Aus] ‘Wing Fat’ ‘Wing Fat‘ in Bulletin Reciter n.p.: In English they examined Wing, / In Chow and Irish too.
at Chow, n.
[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880-1901 181: We had a mare in trainin’ / Dat I always used to ride; / And I knew she was a clinker, / Though she never had been tried.
at clinker, n.2
[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880-1901 4: This covey has been keepin’ of a trifle hup his sleeve.
at covey, n.2
[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 157: We held the reputation, crack scrub-dashers on the station.
at crack, adj.
[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 40: He would steal, or beg, or borrow; he was always on the cross.
at on the cross under cross, n.1
[Aus] C. Poole ‘Wattle Flat‘ in Bulletin Reciter n.p.: So we elected Ratty Bill — who took it with a cuss.
at cuss, n.2
[Aus] F. Kenna ‘Confidential Jockey’ in Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 182: She’s a cutter for it now.
at cutter, n.2
[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 77: It haunts me in the midnight dark and dreary, / It dogs me at the dawn and close of day.
at dog, v.1
[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 3: We brought up Ikey Gizzard (’im they call the Golden Dook) / And several other chaps as makes a ready-money book.
at dook, n.1
[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 180: I’d know de cake was dough.
at dough, adj.
[Aus] C. Poole ‘attle Flat’ in Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 79: He always sunk a duffer when he tried to talk — but, still, / He ’d stoush a blooming bullock.
at duffer, n.2
[Aus] Bulletin Reciter 1880–1901 79: It ain’t the chaps as flash their dukes that fight the willing goes!
at duke, n.3
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