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(con. 1970s) More You Bet 14: Bill and I were Steve’s ‘bookmaker’s clerks’ or in rhyming slang, ’after darks’.at after-dark, n.
(con. 1970s) More You Bet 14: Bill and I were Steve’s ‘bookmaker’s clerks’ or in rhyming slang, ’after darks’. More You Bet 83: The wages, or in rhyming slang, the ‘rock of ages’, were paid at the end of each working day, in cash.at rock of ages, n.2
More You Bet 67: ‘Money’ [...] might also be referred to as ‘cash’, or ‘coin’, or ‘oscar’, or ‘moolah’, or ‘notes’, or ‘bills’, or ‘chips’ or ‘brass’, or ‘dosh’, or ‘dough’, or ‘bread’, or ‘biscuits’, or ‘bullets’, or ‘ammunition’.at ammunition, n.
More You Bet 67: ‘Money’ [...] might also be referred to as ‘cash’, or ‘coin’, or ‘oscar’, or ‘moolah’, or ‘notes’, or ‘bills’, or ‘chips’ or ‘brass’, or ‘dosh’, or ‘dough’, or ‘bread’, or ‘biscuits’, or ‘bullets’, or ‘ammunition’.at Oscar (Asche), n.
More You Bet 14: His father Bill who [...] ‘carried the bag’, or who ‘swung the bag’, or who ‘slung the bag’ and this bag was known as the ‘bookie’s bag’ [...] was referred to as the ‘bagman’.at bagman, n.
More You Bet 11: My oldest friend [...] baled out of Duntroon Military College.at bail out, v.
More You Bet 46: A ‘lazzo’ or ‘lackey band’ as elastic or rubber bands are popularly named.at lackey band, n.
More You Bet 8: When delayed or disadvantaged [one was] ‘further back than Walla Walla’.at further behind than Walla Walla, phr.
More You Bet 66: ’10’ as a number or as money was and is known in rhyming slang as ‘Big Ben’ .at Big Ben, n.
More You Bet 11: My father’s father [...] came up to the ‘big smoke’ from Wagga.at Big Smoke, n.
More You Bet 67: ‘Money’ [...] might also be referred to as ‘cash’, or ‘coin’, or ‘oscar’, or ‘moolah’, or ‘notes’, or ‘bills’, or ‘chips’ or ‘brass’, or ‘dosh’, or ‘dough’, or ‘bread’, or ‘biscuits’, or ‘bullets’, or ‘ammunition’.at biscuit, n.1
More You Bet 48: Anotyher popular scene [...] involves a punter [...] ‘pulling a scene’ or enacting athreatening outbvurst [...] After such a ‘blow-up’ this so-called punter would typically ‘go on with it’ in an endeavour to break down or weaken the bagman.at blow-up, n.1
More You Bet 66: Due to its colour the ‘$10’ is sometimes referred to as a ‘blue swimmer’.at blue swimmer (n.) under blue, adj.1
More You Bet 57: These ‘bodgie’ or ‘fake’ and therefore worthless notes.at bodgie, adj.
More You Bet 8: When ‘going for broke’ [...] the outcome was either going to be ‘boiled lollies or Turkish delight’; or, ‘the Paris house (which was a glamrous Sydney restaurant) or the shit house’, [or] ‘either the shithouse or the penthouse’.at boiled lollies or Turkish delight under boiled, adj.
More You Bet 42: A ‘bookmaker’ [...] was, and is, sometimes abbreviated to just a ‘book’.at book, n.
More You Bet 67: The ‘$50 note’ is sometimes referred to as [...] ‘half-a-Bradman’ (after the great century-making batsman); while ‘$100’ is a ‘spot’ (as was 100 pound), or a ‘Bradman’ or a ‘hungee’, as it is sometimes referred to, particularly by younger people.at Bradman, n.
More You Bet 67: ‘Money’ [...] might also be referred to as ‘cash’, or ‘coin’, or ‘oscar’, or ‘moolah’, or ‘notes’, or ‘bills’, or ‘chips’ or ‘brass’, or ‘dosh’, or ‘dough’, or ‘bread’, or ‘biscuits’, or ‘bullets’, or ‘ammunition’.at brass, n.1
More You Bet 67: ‘Money’ [...] might also be referred to as ‘cash’, or ‘coin’, or ‘oscar’, or ‘moolah’, or ‘notes’, or ‘bills’, or ‘chips’ or ‘brass’, or ‘dosh’, or ‘dough’, or ‘bread’, or ‘biscuits’, or ‘bullets’, or ‘ammunition’.at bread, n.1
More You Bet 66: ’$10’ as a denomination was, and is [...] a ‘brick’, which has been passed on from the once popular term for the sum of £10 (that is, 10 pound), and which derives from the colour of the £10 note.at brick, n.
More You Bet 24: ‘Betting tickets’ (or ‘briefs’, as they [...] are also known).at brief, n.1
More You Bet 8: Someone might have ‘gone for broke,’ that is, taken a major risk in an attempt to achieve a goal.at go for broke, v.
More You Bet 66: ’$10’ as a denomination was, and is, a ‘tenner’, or in rhyming slang, a ‘Yul Brynner’; or a ‘brick’, which has been passed on from the once popular term for the sum of £10 (that is, 10 pound), and which derives from the colour of the £10 note.at Yul Brynner, n.
More You Bet 67: ‘Money’ in rhyming slang remains ‘Bugs Bunny’, but it might also be referred to as ‘cash’, or ‘coin’, or ‘oscar’, or ‘moolah’, or ‘notes’, or ‘bills’, or ‘chips’ or ‘brass’, or ‘dosh’, or ‘dough’, or ‘bread’, or ‘biscuits’, or ‘bullets’, or ‘ammunition’.at Bugs Bunny, n.
More You Bet 67: ‘Money’ [...] might also be referred to as ‘cash’, or ‘coin’, or ‘oscar’, or ‘moolah’, or ‘notes’, or ‘bills’, or ‘chips’ or ‘brass’, or ‘dosh’, or ‘dough’, or ‘bread’, or ‘biscuits’, or ‘bullets’, or ‘ammunition’.at bullet, n.2
More You Bet 43: The same bookie and his staff did ‘do a bolt (or a bunk)’ [...] because they couldn’t pay .at do a/the bunk (v.) under bunk, n.1
More You Bet 7: The language of gambling and racing permeated the everyday language of the people. [...] one might have heard someone say [...] ‘So-and-so’s in for his sixpence worth,’ or ‘in for his two bob’s worth’.at two cents’ worth, n.
More You Bet 6: A ‘good thing’ might also have been referred to as a ‘sure thing,’ or a ‘certain cop,’ or a ‘sure cop,’ or a ‘dead bird’ or a ‘dead cert’.at dead cert (n.) under cert, n.
More You Bet 71: They bet in ‘chicken feed’, that is, they bet ‘very small’.at chickenfeed, n.
More You Bet 67: ‘Money’ [...] might also be referred to as ‘cash’, or ‘coin’, or ‘oscar’, or ‘moolah’, or ‘notes’, or ‘bills’, or ‘chips’ or ‘brass’, or ‘dosh’, or ‘dough’, or ‘bread’, or ‘biscuits’, or ‘bullets’, or ‘ammunition’.at chip, n.2
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