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[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 110: Lefty Buggins thanks im an orl that fer is nise invertashun an ses ribuck ole pal Ile cum wiv bels on.
at with bells on under bell, n.1
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 248: I’m willing to bet a five pound note to a raspberry that old Fitz could do it.
at bet a five pound note to a raspberry (v.) under bet, v.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 79: I do not like this spot at all [...] So as we sail I softly call, / Oh, land of blankards, fare thee well. [Ibid.] 149: Smith, you ding-whanged blankard.
at blankard, n.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 40: What I’m gonna point out to you, bo, is this: These boys are air hot members.
at bo, n.1
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 27: Do you want the country to go to the deminition bow-wows?
at damnation bow-wows, n.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 42: But alas and marry-come-up, it was soon discovered.
at marry come up!, excl.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 169: And he, by cripes, got mixed up.
at cripes!, excl.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 109: Well, cully it aint arf a queer place ter live.
at cully, n.1
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 42: No native shall ever know that the Old Dart even harboured so much as a petty sneak thief.
at Old Dart, n.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 31: The thoil lookth tho demnition muddy. [Ibid.] 188: : Dashed [...] if they’re going to allow any demnition thingumbobs into Melbourne.
at demnition, adj.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 41: You’re a ding whanged sidewinder.
at ding, n.3
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 41: I took some of my rottenest ships [...] hoping against hope that they would sink and drown the dod binged ding-bats.
at dingbat, n.7
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 40: Ever since lil ole George Washington chopped down that ding blasted cherry tree.
at dingbusted, adj.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 40: A pretty dod gasted ding-whanged, flim-flammin set of thieves, rogues and vagabonds.
at dinged, adj.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 41: Hoping against hope that they would sink and drown the dod binged ding-bats.
at dod-bimmed (adj.) under dod, n.1
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 40: A pretty dod gasted ding-whanged, flim-flammin set of thieves, rogues and vagabones.
at dod-gasted (adj.) under dod, n.1
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 40: These gazebos [...] they jest been getting too umpty doo for woids.
at umpty-doo, adj.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 175: Actually, my dear pupils, he was a shelf, a fizgig, a top-off, or, to use more polite language, what is known as a police pimp.
at fizgig, n.2
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 40: A pretty dod gasted ding-whanged, flim-flammin set of thieves, rogues and vagabones.
at flim-flam, v.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 40: A pretty dod gasted ding-whanged, flim-flammin set of thieves, rogues and vagabones.
at flim-flam, adj.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 50: For goshamighty sake let me have some free settlers.
at gosh-almighty! (excl.) under gosh, n.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 175: And now, my pen-pushing puddenheads, we come to the final chapter.
at pudding-head, n.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 83: Now, my sweet sapheads.
at sap-head, n.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 40: I’m real het up about the business.
at het up, adj.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 31: Now then, Ikey.
at ikey, n.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 1: I tried very hard to jack out of it.
at jack out (v.) under jack, v.2
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 27: Some fit and proper person should be there, by jingo, sort of Johnny on the spot, eh, what?
at johnny-on-the-spot, n.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 237: These natives were known as Kanakas.
at Kanaka, n.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 172: [illus. caption] [He] put on his tin lid.
at lid, n.
[Aus] E. Curry Hysterical Hist. of Aus. 1: I could mug up the subject (like a University student).
at mug (up), v.2
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