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[Aus] G.M. Smith ‘Steele Grey’ in Stewart & Keesing Aus. Bush Ballads (1955) 281: A short time back while over in Vic. / I met with a chap called Post-Hole Mick.
at Vic, n.
[Aus] G. Essex Evans in Stewart & Keesing Aus. Bush Ballads (1955) 286: And she was a perfect stunner, / Tall and fair; / Every digger longed to ‘run her / On the square’.
at on the square under square, adj.
[Aus] Stewart & Keesing Aus. Bush Ballads 232: Some will be playing music, while some play ante-up.
at ante-up, n.
[Aus] Stewart & Keesing Aus. Bush Ballads 234: ‘You’re a (bleeding gory) skiter,’ said Billy straight and blunt; / ‘When the (blessed) rams were finished you weren’t in the hunt.’ [AND].
at skiter, n.
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