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[Aus] J.F. Dettman ‘The Removalists’ Here was Glory 63: I knew ’e liked th’ bombo – even then I got a shock, ’e / Not merely smelt uv plonk, ’e simply stunk!
at bombo, n.1
[Aus] J.F. Dettman ‘’Is Country’s Slave’ Here was Glory 48: They formed us on th’ tarmac th’ first morning ’fore we flew, / An’ th’ C.O. squizzed us over an’ ’e murmured ‘Tasty crew’.
at squizz, v.
[Aus] J.F. Dettman Here was Glory 25: P’raps yer’d like ter ’ear th’ story uv ’is sudden reformation From a cheap ‘AckWillie’ artist an’ a tinny ‘Two-up’ king [AND].
at tinny, adj.1
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