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Lie of the Land choose

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[Aus] J. Clanchy Lie of Land 227: ‘Well, drop the old daks.’ [...] ‘Best have a look.’ A look, a look / A butcher’s hook.
at butcher’s hook, n.
[Aus] J. Clanchy Lie of Land 227: ‘Well, drop the old daks.’ ‘Old daks?’ ‘Best have a look. [...] You could knock around for years and never catch a dose or get it on your first throw.’.
at daks, n.
[Aus] J. Clanchy Lie of Land 78: You shut your gab or I’ll blow your balls off.
at shut (up) one’s gob (v.) under gob, n.1
[Aus] J. Clanchy Lie of Land 217: The bus was packed. He was the only European in it. Apart from an Australian at the front, who [...] nodded tersely at him. ‘Bloody nig-nogs.’.
at nig-nog, n.2
[Aus] J. Clanchy Lie of Land 229: Dear Gloria, I’ve wronged yer / shouldn’t have pronged yer.
at prong, v.
[Aus] J. Clanchy Lie of Land 106: Maureen and Sarah had got bored and were lying sunbaking.
at sunbake, v.
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