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Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) : Then he’d go and send a summons, / And by Mac, that rum old file. / In the logs with lots of rum ’uns, / You’d be put iu durance vile.at logs, the, n.
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) : Then he’d go and send a summons, / And by Mac, that rum old file. / In the logs with lots of rum ’uns, / You’d be put iu durance vile. Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 15 Apr. 3/2: Mary M'Kinnon, who appeared before the Bench with one of her ‘optics’ in mourning.at optic, n.
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 24 Mar. 3/2: [A] lady the other day [asked] me [...] the true meaning of that nasty word of German origin, which [...] denotes anything worthless [...] To apply the disgusting word in question to a bad claim or hole, is an outrage on our [...] language [...] The word ‘duffer,’ which is used to express the same thing, is anything but elegant, but it is far superior.at duffer, n.2
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 25 nov. 3/2: There will be exhibited at the Criterion Hotel, two cakes of gold, [...] the one weighing 1389 ounces, the other 1504 ounces.at cake, n.2
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 19 Jan. 2/4: The Nelson's Reef Company have had a first-rate crushing of 20 tons of stone which has yielded a cake of 1,000 ounces.at cake, n.2
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 8 Mar. 3/2: Mr. Service said it was not intended that selectors should be allowed to pick the eyes out of the best lots in (lie manner supposed.at pick the eyes out of (v.) under eye, n.
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 26 June 3/1: [S]ome others may find themselves before his worship treated with [...] his ‘thorough knowledge of them as ’tothersiders.at t’other sider, n.
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 25 Dec. 2/2: Plum puddings will be eaten cold, and with no accompaniment of blazing brandy — ‘the alderman in chains’ will give place to cold turkey.at alderman in chains (n.) under alderman, n.
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 3 June 3/2: [headline] The Beardies in Geelong. [...] Mr. Castair first addressed the crowd for a short time, in opposition to the revolting practices of the Beardies:- then came a Beardie to maintain and defend his creed.at beardie, n.
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) (Supplement) 23 July 1/3: [T]he detective police made a seizure, of what, in the thieves’ slang phraseology, is designated a ‘fence,’ [...] or in other words a receiving house for the purchase of stolen property.at fence, n.1
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 27 May 2/3: The landlord [...] found that the premises had been entered by the operation of ‘screwing’ a window — as it is termed in the thieves slang.at screw, v.
letter in Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 12 Oct. 2/6: [T]he girls can come down and see the sweet stuff tucked in. I suppose the fellows would have the decency to give the petticoats their whack.at petticoat, n.
letter in Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 12 Oct. 2/6: Grown-up people, who are sweet on themselves, put challenges in Bell’s Life.at sweet on (adj.) under sweet, adj.1
letter in Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 12 Oct. 2/6: [T]he girls can come down and see the sweet stuff tucked in. I suppose the fellows would have the decency to give the petticoats their whack.at whack, n.1
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 19 July 2/2: [H]e had been informed that he could secure the payment [...] by what is termed in slang phrase ‘palm oil,’ in plain language by bribing those who would hare a voice in dealing with his claim.at palm oil, n.
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 4 Feb. 2/3: It is likely that he will be subjected to considerable questioning to-night concerning [...] what is called the tommy shop system, at the works carried on by Mr. O’Keefe, at Preston Yale, where Mr. Burrowes has a store.at tommy shop (n.) under tommy, n.2
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 7 Oct. 2/5: A certain ex-member of Parliament, with a gentleman holding Her Majesty’s commission of the peace, and a capitalist meeting, were indulging themselves in ‘Tommy Dodd’ for sovereigns.at tommy dodd, n.1
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 20 Jan. 1/1: The Yan Yean is laid on but is intermittent in supply.at Yan Yean, n.
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 4 May 2/3: [T]he retrenchment committee appear to have made it their glory to strike at the heads of the tallest poppies. So the town clerk and the receiver of revenue are the first that have to succumb to the lopping process.at tall poppy (n.) under tall, adj.
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 9 Sept. 4/2: Herrara, who is better known by the soubriquet of ‘Nosey Tom’ was a man of about 35, and gained his living by getting up monkey sweeps.at monkey sweep (n.) under monkey, n.
(con. 1852-3) ‘Bendigo since ’51’ in Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 13 Oct. 3/2: 1852-3.—The Commissioners’ Camp—An Old Picture—In the Logs—Bribing the Door-keeper—The Arch Villainy of the Police [...] . A rustic, looking building made of logs of trees proved to be the lockup, and near it was a wooden house or office for the police magistrate.at logs, the, n.
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 6 July 3/5: The Gaiety Company [...] are obliged to leave Australia in little more than a fortnight’s time [...] so we can as it were ‘pick the eyes’ out of the burlesques there is not time to produce, and put the best items of the lot into ‘Faust up to Date’.at pick the eyes out of (v.) under eye, n.
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 8 Jan. 5/5: Atkinson suggested that the apples were ‘grigging,’ and if Betts would go into the garden he would keep ‘Yow.’ He went in alone and got the fruit.at keep yow (v.) under keep, v.
Bendigo Advertiser (Vic.) 26 July 3/5: ‘It’s no use you getting up and trying to bully every one. You ought to get your head read by a
phrenologist or an eminent doctor’.at get your head read! (excl.) under head, n.
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