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[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 20: They were just finishing their sixth and final lap [...] (the boys were full of ‘ag’ at the time) .
at agg, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 21: They were trying to release as much of the ‘ag’ as they could with a good hard paddle .
at agg, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 185: Just keep it tight on the Al Capone. Okay?
at Al Capone, n.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 112: A bit of an all-in started and George king-hit Les.
at all-in, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 44: She’d been all over Norton like ants at a picnic.
at all over, adj.2
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 81: Price done his arse at the punt today.
at do one’s arse under arse, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing We know he’s a mug [...] but he’s also mad as a meat axe: .
at mad as a meat axe (adj.) under meat axe, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 10: The painters’ and dockers’ union used them for bagmen.
at bagman, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 189: Some of the dishes she serves up’ll make you want to start batting yourself.
at bat, n.2
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 189: Some of the dishes she serves up’ll make you want to start batting yourself off.
at bat oneself off (v.) under bat, v.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 20: He had on an old pair of overalls and a beanie.
at beanie, n.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 113: I held you up for an hour, belted the shit out of you and drank all your piss.
at beat the shit out of, v.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 22: ‘It’ll still be a good night’ [...] ‘It’ll be a beauty’.
at beauty, n.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 132: Marijuana can cure cancer [...] We tried it on some old people who had the ‘Bengal lancer’ [...] they’re as good as gold now.
at Bengal lancer, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 13: You can bet your life he’ll be just about unrecognisable.
at bet one’s (sweet) life (v.) under bet, v.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 11: You can bet your bottom dollar that’s what he was on about.
at bet one’s bottom dollar (v.) under bet, v.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 131: Sanctimonious, Bible-bashing wombats like the Festival of Light.
at bible-basher (n.) under bible, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 190: Chatting away like a couple of old biddies.
at biddy, n.2
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 113: ‘I feel like going for a bit of a blat’ [...] the big, powerful motorbike throbbed into life.
at blat, n.2
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 80: He could be up to any-bloody-thing.
at bloody, adj.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 171: Jesus, Les [...] you’ve just blown the place out. No one up here’s ever seen anything like that.
at blow out, v.1
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 15: Norton was enjoying the afternoon bludge in the sun.
at bludge, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 12: I’m not sure what he looks like and you could make a blue.
at blue, n.4
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 173: You’re up here moving a bit of ‘Bob Hope’, eh?
at Bob Hope, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 141: If I get in there and have a lash at her it’s going to be a hurried job [...] and I could bomb the rort.
at bomb, v.2
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 108: He just drove old bombs — for the time being anyway.
at bomb, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 14: I’d stick [...] a grey wig on your big boofhead and purt you in charge.
at boofhead, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 163: A throng of people, mainly big-bummed girls, were bopping away.
at bop, v.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 44: He gazed up at the cloudy, bleak, July sky and gave a mirthless smile. You sure like to kick a bloke when he’s down don’t you boss.
at Boss, the, n.
[Aus] R.G. Barrett Real Thing 14: What about an exploding toilet seat in the brascoe?
at brasco, n.
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