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[Aus] F.J. Hardy Hard Way 107: ‘Give us a few of those dodgers.’ [...] I handed him a bundle of leaflets.
at dodger, n.4
[Aus] F.J. Hardy Hard Way 106: ‘I’ll kill the commo bastard,’ one of Healy’s men shouted, shoving his way towards me. The young man gently lifted his girl’s hand from his arm, confronted the would-be basher and said: ‘Give him a fair go.’.
at fair go, n.
[Aus] F.J. Hardy Hard Way 85: ‘Struth, it’s funny enough for a fat bludger dressed up like the man outside Hoyt’s* to come into a prison cell in the middle of the night.’ (*Uniformed announcer outside Hoyt’s Theatre in Melbourne who wears a most elaborate uniform).
at man outside Hoyt’s (n.) under man, n.
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