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[Aus] S. Geason Shaved Fish 5: He smelt of grog and aggro.
at aggro, n.
[Aus] S. Geason Shaved Fish 121: If he was the cop I seen with the gun, he’s bad news.
at bad news, n.
[Aus] S. Geason Shaved Fish 126: The dog was the regulation ugly student bitser.
at bitza, n.
[Aus] S. Geason Shaved Fish 119: We’ve got to dry him out. [...] As long as he’s a drunk, he’s in danger.
at dry out, v.
[Aus] S. Geason Shaved Fish 152: He’d bore the duffers at the golf club to death.
at duffer, n.2
[Aus] S. Geason Shaved Fish 159: She’s got the goods on him and he’s afraid she’ll use them.
at have the goods on someone (v.) under goods, n.
[Aus] S. Geason Shaved Fish 6: It’s a better job than Fine Cotton, Ronny, but it’s still a ring-in.
at ring-in, n.
[Aus] S. Geason Shaved Fish 154: ‘Who are you?’ he said finally. [...] ‘I’m a PI.’.
at P.I., n.
[Aus] S. Geason Shaved Fish 122: The only males allowed to show affection are footballers, poofters and reffos.
at reffo, n.
[Aus] S. Geason Shaved Fish 119: They must have some san for Catholic drunks somewhere.
at san, n.
[Aus] S. Geason Shaved Fish 151: She’s a right bitch. [...] Just a little scrubber.
at scrubber, n.
[Aus] S. Geason Shaved Fish 110: Les had been good to me when I was a kid, slinging me a few bob when he had a win on the nags or the dogs.
at sling, v.
[Aus] S. Geason Shaved Fish 5: He’ll never pay it. He’s tighter than a budgie’s bum.
at tight as a crab’s arse (at sixty fathoms) (adj.) under tight, adj.
[Aus] S. Geason Shaved Fish 81: Brabazon was a professional Viet vet, wasn’t he?
at vet, n.1
[Aus] S. Geason Shaved Fish 3: In glorious polaroid for posterity: Margaret Cromer, wife of leading wowser politician, tête-à-tête with notorious vice figure in a Kings Cross gambling den.
at wowser, n.1
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