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[Aus] E. Dyson ‘The Freak’ in Rhymes from Mines 129: But I might ’a’ been crow-bait by now.
at crow-bait, n.
[Aus] E. Dyson ‘The Freak’ in Rhymes from Mines 129: But I wouldn’t sell out fer a pile, / ‘Cause I’m not goin’ to dog on a mate.
at dog on (v.) under dog, v.1
[Aus] E. Dyson ‘The Shanty’ in Rhymes from Mines 168: It’s a [...] bar and a bunk, / And a man propped before it disgustedly drunk, / And a nameless galoot in a hand-me-down suit.
at galoot, n.
[Aus] E. Dyson ‘Battered Bob’ in Rhymes from Mines 150: A very small potato was the owner of the station.
at small potatoes, n.
[Aus] E. Dyson ‘Battered Bob’ Rhymes from Mines 153: We were victims of a duffer’s awful skite.
at skite, n.
[Aus] E. Dyson Rhymes from Mines n.p.: And he let himself be tickled into casual confessions / Of his battles with the bruisers and the scientific pugs.
at tickle, v.
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