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[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 145: And you call yourself one of the bush wide-awakes!
at wide-awake, adj.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 245: ‘I uster be one o’ them blidiots,’ he said.
at blidiot, n.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 237: Cattle-duffers, wanted for gettin’ down on Ferber’s stock.
at cattle-duffer, n.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 70: ‘It would mean another week.’ ‘Make it a fortnight, with this cat’s meat,’ [a horse] said Ginger helpfully.
at cat’s meat, n.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 1: Birdsville, Bedourie, and Betoota [...] form a rough triangle and The Corner proper, and its border, unlike the arbitrary State divisions, is flexible and undefined, so that folk as far away as Goyder’s Lagoon down in South Australia [...] may claim without dispute to belong to The Corner.
at corner, the, n.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 259: But dinkum! You’re the prettiest girl about these parts, know that?
at fair dinkum!, excl.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 4: Always some galoot picks on me ’cos I’m small, an’ look an easy mark!
at galoot, n.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 32: What’s all the gloops about? They haven’t gone an’ ate a gutful o’ Birdsville weed an’ died on me, have they?
at gloops, n.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 105: I bin trying to tell you enough! this last half-hour, you big goop.
at goop, n.2
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 100: I always thought you wase a decent sorta coot, Kelly [...] a plain ord’n’ary gravel-scratcher like meself.
at scratch (the) gravel (v.) under gravel, n.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 95: Kelly, as a true son of Erin, loved a brawl [...] ‘Be jaze, Ginger, and I’d like to have been here an’ seen ye!’.
at Jesus!, excl.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 194: You’re always kidstakin’ me.
at kidstakes, n.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 18: I got this thing [...] orf a Pong in Cunnamulla, mud-fat he was (the horse) — you know the way they feed ’em.
at mud-fat (adj.) under mud, n.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 49: Some dagoes used it to nobble a cup favourite by name of Socrates, I believe. Cyanide, they tell me is only scented mouthwash to it .
at nobble, v.2
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 13: He could have been outed there before he regained his bearings. [...] The man never sees the hit that outs him.
at out, v.2
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 18: I got this thing [...] orf a Pong in Cunnamulla.
at pong, n.2
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 239: I’d a’ let these coves go before I got through convincin’ you, only they bin an’ pooled a friend of mine.
at pool, v.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 64: Bah! Getting old and sentimental. Sloppy. Just a rubbishing song!
at rubbish, adj.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 221: That may be skite, but it’s right.
at skite, n.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 218: Them coves uster send a snoozer on ahead of them to tell the world how good they was.
at snoozer, n.1
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 259: I only want a pint or two of soft stuff, a beer or two.
at soft stuff (n.) under soft, adj.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 10: I’d oughter let her have you, you big stupe!
at stupe, n.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 194: You old stupid!
at stupid, n.
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 29: Listen, Ginge, if you want a few bob, I’m holdin’ sweet.
at sweet, adv.2
[Aus] ‘William Hatfield’ Ginger Murdoch 259: Ain’t a wowser joint, is it? All parlour and no bar?
at wowser joint (n.) under wowser, n.1
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