1892 Broadford Courier (Vic.) 6 May 2/7: Sawney and pat — A Scotchman and an Irishman were sleeping at an inn together.at Sawney, n.
1898 Broadford Courier (Vic.) 25 Feb. 5/3: Thus quite important city merchants will tell you nonchalantly that they ‘blued their stuff’ in such and such a venture; while the partizan of [...] the racecourse prefers to express himself as having ‘blued his good greed’.at blew, v.2
1898 Broadford Courier (Vic.) 25 Feb. 5/3: ‘It takes the bun,’ in its amended and more modern form of ‘It embezzles the pastry,’ is still popular with all classes of society .at take the cake, v.
1898 Broadford Courier (Vic.) 25 Feb. 5/3: No one is ever ill only ‘a trifle off color,’ or, in more severe cases, ‘feel cronk,’ or ‘crook,’ or even ‘shicker.’ .at cronk, adj.
1898 Broadford Courier (Vic.) 25 Feb. 5/3: No one is ever ill only ‘a trifle off color,’ or, in more severe cases, ‘feel cronk,’ or ‘crook,’ or even ‘shicker’.at crook, adj.
1898 Broadford Courier (Vic.) 25 Feb. 5/3: ‘Jigger’ is another very popular term - in fact, most people seem to devote a tremendous amount of time and energy to avoid by any chance using the word ‘bicycle’ .at jigger, n.5
1898 Broadford Courier (Vic.) 25 Feb. 5/3: People no longer get into trouble. They simply ‘go a mucker’.at mucker, n.1
1898 Broadford Courier (Vic.) 25 Feb. 5/3: Of course we should not expect hon. members to descend to the slang of the streets, although we do remember to have heard one hon. gentleman refer to another as a ‘shycer’ .at shicer, n.
1898 Broadford Courier (Vic.) 25 Feb. 5/3: No one is ever ill only ‘a trifle off color,’ or, in more severe cases, ‘feel cronk,’ or ‘crook,’ or even ‘shicker’ .at shicker, adj.
1916 Broadford Courier (Brisbane) 14 Apr. 1/4: ‘All-fired’ is used as [a] general intensive, such as ‘all-fired racket’.at all-fired, adj.
1916 Broadford Courier (Brisbane) 14 Apr. 1/4: You do not ‘sack’ a man, you ‘bounce’ him.at bounce, v.1
1916 Broadford Courier (Brisbane) 14 Apr. 1/4: There are many ways you can ask a friend to have a drink [...] ‘Will you irrigate’.at irrigate, v.
1916 Broadford Courier (Brisbane) 14 Apr. 1/4: There are many ways you can ask a friend to have a drink [...] ‘What’s your medicine?’.at medicine, n.
1916 Broadford Courier (Brisbane) 14 Apr. 1/4: There are many ways you can ask a friend to have a drink [...] ‘Let us stimulate’.at stimulate, v.
1920 B. Bolt Lifting of the Shadow in Broadford Courier (Vic.) 6 Feb. 4/1: It’s [...] a bit rough on me that you didn't let on who you were when we met, but instead let me go on drivelling on without warning.at a bit rough (adj.) under rough, adj.