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Bush-Life in Queensland choose

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[Aus] A.C. Grant Bush-Life in Queensland II 169: Two or three men crawl out from underneath the tarpaulin [...] where they have been playing ‘Anty-up’ (a favourite game with cards).
at ante-up, n.
[Aus] A.C. Grant Bush-Life in Queensland II 191: Their own dilly-bags have nothing of value or interest in them.
at dilly-bag, n.
[Aus] A.C. Grant Bush-Life in Queensland II 84: ‘Bail up! bail up!’ shout the two red-veiled attackers, revolvers in hand.
at bail up! (excl.) under bail up, v.
[Aus] A.C. Grant Bush-Life in Queensland II 51: One of them shouting, ‘Belly up, boys! I’m in for this good thing,’ made his way to the bar.
at belly up!, excl.
[Aus] A.C. Grant Bush-Life in Queensland II 79: The hold boy was agoin’ down to Sydney habout them ’ere forged flimsies.
at flimsy, n.
[Aus] A.C. Grant Bush-Life in Queensland I 63: A middle-aged, not uncomely-looking black ‘gin,’ sat roasting a bullock’s bone.
at gin, n.1
[Aus] A.C. Grant Bush-Life in Queensland I 209: Hobbles and Jack Shays hang from the saddle dees. [Footnote] A tin quart-pot, used for boiling water for tea, and contrived so as to hold within it a tin pint-pot.
at jack shea, n.
[Aus] A.C. Grant Bush-Life in Queensland I 63: ‘Me Jacky, — old man,’ replied darky.
at jacky jacky, n.
[Aus] A.C. Grant Bush-Life in Queensland II 70: The bell rings—the jocks are weighed; and as it rings again they make their way to the post.
at jock, n.2
[Aus] A.C. Grant Bush-Life in Queensland II 121: Missa Fitzgell, White Mary cook’em me.
at Mary, n.
[Aus] A.C. Grant Bush-Life in Queensland I 227: There are three or four Mickies and wild heifers.
at mickey, n.1
[Aus] A.C. Grant Bush-Life in Queensland I 88: No one felt better pleased than he did to see the last lot of ‘monkeys,’ as the shearers usually denominated sheep, leave the head-station.
at monkey, n.
[Aus] A.C. Grant Bush-Life in Queensland I 243: He must drink a nobbler with ‘Tom,’ and be ready to ‘shout’ for all hands.
at nobbler, n.3
[Aus] A.C. Grant Bush-Life in Queensland II 132: A confused whirl of dark forms swept before him, and the camp, so full of life a minute ago, is desolate. It was ‘a rush’, a stampede.
at rush, n.
[Aus] A.C. Grant Bush-Life in Queensland I 164: I was ‘Super’ of a sheep-station up north.
at super, n.1
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