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[Aus] H. Finch-Hatton Advance Aus.! 279: The lode had ‘duffered out’, and [...] it was useless to continue working.
at duffer (out), v.
[Aus] H. Finch-Hatton Advance Aus.! 160: He may toil for ten hours a day and not raise the colour, while his neighbour in the next claim ... is getting an ounce of gold to the dish [Moore 2000].
at raise the colour (v.) under raise, v.
[Aus] H. Finch-Hatton Advance Aus.! 100: In crossing the Fitzroy river at Yaamba I once had a narrow escape of being ‘scruffed’ by an alligator .
at scruff, v.
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