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[Aus] Army News (Darwin, NT) 4 Dec. 5/2: There is such a preponderance of women to men that even the attentions of a ‘troppo’ aviator from Darwin were not unkindly received.
at troppo, adj.
[Aus] Army News (Darwin, NT) 25 Dec. 2/1: Even poultry [...] and pudding are not so good when mixed with the woggy taste of desert dust and sand. That ‘woggy’ smell which pervaded all things. The smell of countless centuries of ‘wogs’.
at woggy, adj.
[Aus] Army News (Darwin, NT) 29 Aug. 3/1: Written by a Yank ‘Down-Under’ correspondent.
at down under, n.
[Aus] Army News (Darwin, NT) 29 Aug. 3/1: There was a guy who arrived in New Guinea waring a snappy new garrison hat.
at snappy, adj.
[Aus] Army News 19 Sept. 4/1: Both boys ignored science and traded punches from ‘go to whoa’.
at from go to whoa, phr.
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