Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Quotation search

Date

 to 

Country

Author

Source Title

Source from Bibliography

On the Coast choose

Quotation Text

[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 76: Mystery bags: Sausages.
at bag of mystery (n.) under bag, n.1
[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 36: Beer Bandit: A low [...] form of marine life that frequents and patronizes unmanned bars and beer fridges.
at -bandit, sfx
[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 77: Sexton Blake: Sunday cake.
at sexton blake, n.
[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 134: Blood House: One of several public houses of low repute.
at blood house (n.) under blood, n.1
[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 75: Bull’s breakfast: A drink of water and a piss.
at bull’s breakfast (n.) under bull, n.1
[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 75: Covered waggon: Potato pie.
at covered-wagon, n.
[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 75: Dead horse: Sauce.
at dead horse, n.3
[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 146: Dockies: Diminutive/nickname for painters and dockers.
at dockie, n.
[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 75: Hand grenades: Hamburgers [...] an allusion to their explosive effects on the digestion in some instances.
at hand grenade (n.) under hand, n.1
[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 75: Harriet Lane: A gruesome name for bully beef (tinned).
at Harriet Lane, n.
[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 96: Lekky: Ship’s electrical engineer.
at lecky, n.
[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 76: Rabbit-tucker: Salads.
at rabbit food (n.) under rabbit, n.1
[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 76: Red-lead: Tomato sauce.
at red lead (n.) under red, adj.
[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 33: Squarie (R.A.N.): Girlfriend of sailor. Probable derivation from ‘square rig’, colloquial for R.N. bluejacket’s uniform, to distinguish it from the rig of Petty Officers called ‘fore and aft’ rig.
at squarie, n.
[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 35: Wedding gear: Male genitals.
at wedding tackle, n.
[Aus] (ref. to 1930s) V. Darroch On Coast 80: Nothing could be finer / Than to scrub a Tassie liner.
at Tassie, adj.
[Aus] V. Darroch On Coast 42: Woolloomooloo Yank: A name applied to any seaman of Australian origin who adopted an American accent.
at woolloomooloo Yank (n.) under woolloomooloo, adj.
no more results