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[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: And I can come home now after a hard day’s yakka, change into clean duds [and] shove my Dutch Pegs under the Cain And Abel.
at Cain and Abel, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: A Pot And Pan driving a nice high stepping Tomato Sauce in a flash Big An’ Bulky pulled up and asked if I was looking for Dodge An’ Shirk.
at dodge and shirk, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I like meeting the Spire And Steeple. They are all nice blokes and sheilas.
at spire and steeple, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I think I had better tell you the Grim and Gory right from the Horse and Cart.
at grim and gory, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I think I had better tell you the Grim and Gory right from the Horse and Cart.
at horse and cart, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: Well China, this Don’t Forget Her is getting long and I am out of Nails And Screws, and I have to catch the Holy Ghost, so will end off with all the best from, Your old Thief And Robber.
at nails and screws, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: When I saw you off on the Thunder and Rain at Weenia, I was feeling pretty lonely being left on my Pat Malone.
at thunder and rain, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I hopped in. We drove about ten miles to his place and he introduced me to his Cheese and Kisses and four Tin Lids, two Mother’s Joys and two Twist and Twirls.
at twist (and twirl), n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: And six months ago she became my Trouble An’ Strife.
at trouble and strife, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I have tossed my Cherry Ripe into the Barney Maguire and I have given the Mud And Ooze right away.
at mud and ooze, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I go to Roll And Lurch every Sunday, and the Winchcombe Carson reckons I’ve got a bosker Let’s Rejoice, and often gets me to sing Her’s And Him’s on my Pat Malone.
at her and him, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: Dear China Plate, No doubt you have wondered how your old Thief and Robber has been doing since you went back to the Snake and Kidney.
at Snake and Kidney, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I go to Roll And Lurch every Sunday, and the Winchcombe Carson reckons I’ve got a bosker Let’s Rejoice, and often gets me to sing Her’s And Him’s on my Pat Malone.
at roll and lurch, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I hopped in. We drove about ten miles to his place and he introduced me to his Cheese and Kisses and four Tin Lids, two Mother’s Joys and two Twist and Twirls.
at cheese and kisses, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: It was Brave and Bold, and there were plenty of Cries and Screeches, but when I rubbed the Cape of Good Hope over myself, they went.
at cries and screeches, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I’m teaching Mary and all the Tin Lids in the district to Dark An’ Dim, and they reckon I’m the bees knees, ants pants and nits tits all rolled into one.
at dark and dim, v.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: A Pot And Pan driving a nice high stepping Tomato Sauce in a flash Big An’ Bulky pulled up and asked if I was looking for Dodge An’ Shirk.
at big and bulky, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: It was Brave and Bold, and there were plenty of Cries and Screeches, but when I rubbed the Cape of Good Hope over myself, they went.
at brave and bold, adj.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: Dear China Plate, No doubt you have wondered how your old Thief and Robber has been doing since you went back to the Snake and Kidney.
at thief and robber, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I can go into the Rubbity Dub and have a lemonade, breasting the Near And Far with booze hounds drinking Tom Thumb, Young And Frisky, Oh My Dear, or Huckleberry Finn.
at young and frisky, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I’m teaching Mary and all the Tin Lids in the district to Dark An’ Dim, and they reckon I’m the bees knees, ants pants and nits tits all rolled into one.
at ant’s pants, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: It is hard to believe that two years ago I was humpin’ the drum with you [and] spending all my Oscar Asche on Mud And Ooze, and two-up.
at Oscar (Asche), n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: No doubts about it, my Mary is a bottling Babbling Brook.
at babbler, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I felt goodoh when I came out and dried myself with the Baden Powell.
at Baden-Powell, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: So I gathered some Do Me Good, got out the Jack Scratches and lit the Barney Maguire, put on the Knock Me Silly and made a brew of Jimmy Lee.
at barney maguire, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: So I threw off my Barrel Of Fat, Dicky Dirt, Rammy Rousers and Daisy Roots, and dived into the Mother and Daughter.
at barrel of fat, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I’m teaching Mary and all the Tin Lids in the district to Dark An’ Dim, and they reckon I’m the bees knees, ants pants and nits tits all rolled into one.
at bee’s knees, n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I saw a lot of Joe Blakes, but I don’t know if they were dinkum or just the after effects of the grog.
at joe (blake), n.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: No doubts about it, my Mary is a bottling Babbling Brook.
at bottling, adj.
[Aus] Duke Tritton’s Letter n.p.: I came to a Bullock’s Liver where I reckoned I’d have a Lemon Squash and liven up a bit.
at bullock’s liver, n.
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