![[Aus]](/static/img/flags/aus.png "Australia")
Referee (Sydney) 15 Oct. 1/4: The duties of such an official would [...] entail no end of bickering on the part of owners whose horses are, nine times out of ten, out for an airing .at out for an airing (adj.) under airing, adj.
Referee (Sydney) 15 Oct. 1/4: The duties of such an official would [...] entail no end of bickering on the part of owners whose horses are, nine times out of ten, out for an airing . Referee (Sydney) 5 Mar. 3/2: Cleland and Jack Hewitt were the popular fancies in the next, but Hewitt, who can run and stay both, if you ask us, won by three yards from Cassimer [...] Evens the field was the cry of the big battlers at the end.at battler (n.) under battle, v.
Referee (Sydney) 26 Nov. 3/3: Billy is a bouncer, and with the aid of the ‘fly boy from Manly,’ intended to cut the banking account of the books into seven pieces, six for himself, and one for them. So, boys, beware.at bouncer, n.1
Referee (Sydney) 16 July 6/3: I am not going to follow the example of my American [...] friends and assort that Fitzy will go through him like a rat up a rope.at like a rat up a drainpipe (adv.) under rat, n.1
Referee (Sydney) 25 Mar. 6/6: It looked as if Jack [Dempsey] was trying to squeeze the kangaroolander’s neck, and thn referee ordered them to break away.at Kangarooland (n.) under kangaroo, n.1
Referee (Sydney) 17 June 3/2: I fancy that the first time
the latter is backed by the proper crowd
he will win.at proper crowd (n.) under proper, adj.
Referee (Sydney) 8 Feb. 6/6: They were talking of someone who had a ‘load’. ‘Load of what?’, asked Dan. ‘Firewater’, was the response [...] ‘Oh now I tumble’, said Dan. ‘He was shick, eh?’.at shicker, adj.
Referee (Sydney) 24 Jan. 10/2: If such be the case, he will find some difficulty in fixing his games up, for most of our leading cueists, with the exception of Meramatt, have an aversion to the ‘Bonzo’s’.at bonzo, n.3
Referee (Sydney) 12 Sept. 9/2: A highly proper and pompous party who [...] acts as shopwalker— or floor-flapper, as the vulgar term it.at floor-flapper (n.) under floor, n.
Referee (Sydney) 20 Feb. 4/6: Another instance of how good a horse may be in the warm climate of tho northern colony, and still a scroucher down below.at scroucher, n.
Referee (Sydney) 24 July 9/5: It was not decided until the 14th round, when Mr. Badgery killed his bird, and ‘Bird,’ who up to this had seldom used his second barrel, failed to stop his ‘spadger,’ and left Badgery a well-earned winner of a leg-in.at spadger, n.
Referee (Sydney) 1 Nov. 8/7: The horse was much fancied, and the jockey had gone a ‘raker’ on him.at go a raker (v.) under raker, n.2
Referee (Sydney) 6 May 5/7: There were 16 runners in the 14.2 Handicap, and the first offer of, ‘6 to 4 the field!’ caused a panic amongst would-be supporters of Skylark, the majority of whom were compelled to lay 6 to 4 ‘on’ to get set.at get set (v.) under get, v.
Referee (Sydney) 12 Apr. 7/2: One of the best known identities of the Sydney boxing game during the past quarter of a century is 'Blind Freddie,' who never misses a fight of even minor importance, and whose ears assist his mind's eye to such an extent that exciting situations work him up and he can laugh as heartily as anyone else at amusing occurrences. 'Blind Freddie' is not an old man; he lost his sight 28 years ago, when 11 years old. The sightless sport enjoys life as much as most men, and feels many a hearty hand grip and hears many a cordial greeting as he roams round the city alone, for 'Freddie,' who follows the calling of a general dealer, is popular with everybody.at blind Freddie, n.
Referee (Sydney) 1 May 14/1: [H]is intelligent manipulation of the ‘bonzo’s with his dexterous left hand proclaims him a coming champion worth watching.at bonzo, n.3
Sat. Referee (Sydney) 12 Oct. 4/6: The fact of having beaten an opponent can be described as [...] ‘diddled him,’ ‘tonked him,’ ‘settled him,’ ‘smote him,’ ‘sloshed him,’ [etc] .at diddle, v.1
Sat. Referee (Sydney) 12 Oct. 4/6: Similarly the fact of having beaten an opponent can be described as [...] ‘gravelled him,’ ‘laid him out,’ ‘whacked him,’ ‘downed him’ [etc].at gravel, v.
Sat. Referee (Sydney) 12 Oct. 4/6: The fact of having beaten an opponent can be described as having [...] ‘put the lid on him,’ ‘put the kybosh on him,’ ‘done him in’ [etc] .at put the kibosh on (v.) under kibosh, n.
Sat. Referee (Sydney) 12 Oct. 4/6: The fact of having beaten an opponent can be described as having [...] ‘sloshed him,’ ‘smashed him,’ ‘gravelled him,’ ‘laid him out’ [etc] .at slosh, v.1
Sat. Referee (Sydney) 12 Oct. 4/6: Similarly the fact of having beaten an opponent can be described as having [...] ‘tonked him,’ ‘settled him,’ ‘smote him’ [etc].at tonk, v.
Referee (Sydney) 29 Jan. 15/2: [of a racing yacht] ‘Aussie’ as the ‘heads’ prefer to call Australian, won by 1min 14sec from the second boat,.at Aussie, n.
Referee (Sydney) 18 July 11/7: Nippers may be obtained by tramping on the mud.at nipper, n.4
Referee (Sydney) 10 July 11/1: ‘Easy on, old mate,’ Sir Claude said tactfully, noticing the angry gleam in his friend's eyes, and the flush upon his face.at easy on!, excl.
Referee (Sydney) 29 Sept. 10/3: The preliminary, though always closely fought, was rarely really exciting till the last round which, to use a colloquialism, was a bontoger.at bontodger, n.
Referee (Sydney) 11 Feb. 13/5: How the swimmers of Sandgroperland attained the standard they reached under such conditions surpasses my understanding [AND].at sand-groper, n.
Referee (Sydney) 28 June 5/3: They say molasses catches more flies than vinegar. It does. They say the bird with the smiling face has more friends than the sour-visaged egg. He has. But the guy who peddles the bull has more followers than all. [...] They fall towards the bull merchant the way a tree leans towards the sun.at bull merchant (n.) under bull, n.6
Referee (Sydney) 6 May 3/6: These fellows at the hunts can ride— funny seats, but all as game as Ned Kelly. The ladies, too, are great riders, and stop at nothing.at ...Ned Kelly under game as..., adj.
Referee (Sydney) 12 Mar. 11/3: Monson left his corner, and, walking smartly across the ring, threw a wild right that Blind Freddie could have evaded.at blind Freddie, n.
Referee (Sydney) 1 Jan. 7/4: [pic. caption] Won First Up. Although Carat was having his first run on Saturday [...] he was not troubled to win.at first-up (adv.) under first, adj.
Referee (Sydney) 15 Oct. 3/5: Kingcraft' was very ‘iffy’ at the post. During the autumn his manners improved.at iffy, adj.
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