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Two at Daly Waters choose

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[Aus] E. George Two at Daly Waters 77: Once everything is gone, the pair [...] take their dilly bag with all their worldly goods, and walk, perhaps for hundreds of miles.
at dilly-bag, n.
[Aus] E. George Two at Daly Waters 89: There are no recognisable landmarks for the flyer who is bushed.
at bushed, adj.
[Aus] E. George Two at Daly Waters 23: Bakers were unknown in the Never Never.
at never-never, the, n.1
[Aus] E. George Two at Daly Waters 102: As she had not brought a town outfit, Daly Waters had what we call in the bush a tarpaulin muster (the loan of everybody’s best clothes).
at tarpaulin muster (n.) under tarpaulin, adj.
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