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Below and On Top 135: [A]s far as it was possible to judge, the ground would not pay for the working, let alone compensate for this gigantic ‘dead horse’.at dead horse, n.1
Below and On Top 135: [A]s far as it was possible to judge, the ground would not pay for the working, let alone compensate for this gigantic ‘dead horse’. ‘Dead Man’s Lode’ Below and On Top 🌐 He was a dog, a mean hound, but he didn’t look it, an’ he was a good miner.at dog, n.2
‘Hebe of Grasstree’ in Below and On Top 🌐 Cleever was a Swede; but Swedes, Norwegians, Danes, Belgians, Germans, Austrians, and men of Holland are all Dutchmen out-back.at Dutchman, n.
‘The Trucker’s Dream’ in Below and On Top 🌐 ‘Drame,’ d’ye call it? [...] I thought you had the buckin’ fantods; you howled like a madman.’.at fantod, n.
‘A Zealot in Labour’ in Below and On Top 🌐 Why, some o’ them minin’ sharks from the city would be down here an’ jump the claim afore I’d bin gone a week.at jump, v.
‘A Vain Sacrifice’ in Below and On Top 🌐 Mrs. Petersen had shown no disposition to ‘make up to’ her neighbours’ wives and daughters, and consequently had the reputation of being ‘stuck up.’.at make up to (v.) under make, v.
‘A Golden Shanty’ in Below and On Top 🌐 ‘Me not steal ‘em blick – odder feller; he hide ’em.’ [...] ‘Ye loi, ye screw-faced nayger!’.at nagah, n.
‘A Zealot in Labour’ in Below and On Top 🌐 You can spell-oh till you pick up a bit, an’ then you can get down to graft.at spell-o, n.
‘Dead Man’s Lode’ in Below and On Top 🌐 Peter Shaw, variously known as ‘The Identity,’ ‘The Hermit,’ ‘Blue Peter,’ and ‘Old Shaw,’ was a veteran fossicker.at old identity (n.) under old, adj.
‘The Conquering Bush’ Below and On Top 🌐 Ned ‘picked up’ his wife in Sydney.at pick up, v.
‘A Visit to Scrubby Gully’ in Below and On Top 🌐 I elicited that pleuro happened, and rabbits, and fires.at pleuro, n.
‘Hebe of Grasstree’ in Below and On Top 🌐 Cleever – ‘Fighting’ Cleever – with his ‘peacemaker,’ a wicked-looking ‘waddy.’.at waddy, n.
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