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Sun. Times (Sydney) 6 Jan. 1/1: They Say [...] [A] lady pounced upon her husband walking with another charmer and administered a severe thrashing.at charmer, n.
Sun. Times (Sydney) 6 Jan. 1/1: They Say [...] [A] lady pounced upon her husband walking with another charmer and administered a severe thrashing. Sun. Times (Sydney) 3 Feb. 1/1: They Say [...] That funk is always responsible for some
wickets in a big match.at funk, n.2
Sun. Times (Sydney) 24 Feb. 1/1: They Say [...] that the recent sentence of three years for perjury will deter thorough-going witnesses from swearing ‘up to the handle’.at up to the handle under handle, n.
Sun. Times (Sydney) 14 July 5/7: It was
rumored that the whole Council would be out
on the political scoot.
Each one is afraid of the others.at on the scoot (adj.) under scoot, v.
Sun. Times (Sydney) 10 Feb. 1/1: They Say [...] That the Fisheries Commission may not find out much about schnapper catching, but they have certainly got a soft snap.at soft snap (n.) under snap, n.2
Sun. Times (Sydney) 31 May 5/8: Hello, Sir George! What prompted that foolish letter of yours in the dailies of Thursday? / Foolish! Come - that’s a bit hot; eh, what?at bit hot, a (adj.) under hot, adj.
Sun. Times (Sydney) 26 Apr. 2/3: [O]ur University students claim the right to larrikinise the Commemoration proceedings.at larrikinise (v.) under larrikin, n.
Sun. Times (Sydney) 19 Dec. 14/4: ‘Then, Tattam, I’ve got an idea!’ jubilated Wakefield. ‘A glorious idea! Strike me paralytic!’ .at strike me paralytic! (excl.) under strike me...!, excl.
Sun. Times (Sydney) 28 Nov. 1/1: [S]ome of the firemen ‘got blind paralytic drunk’ [...] at the Melbourne fire.at paralytic, adv.
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 16 Dec. 5/1: [I] started on my own to find the Emu Coffee Palace; but I’ve got bogged somehow, so I reckon to make back to the Railway, and take a fresh start.at bogged, adj.
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 9 Dec. 5/3: [H]e took a deep breath, gave a coo-ee! coo-ee! coo-ee! that re- sounded like the shriek of a steam tram.at within (a) cooee of under cooee, n.
Sun. Times (Sydney) 14 Jan. 1/1: They Say [...] That the conviction of a crimp ought to act as a warning to others.at crimp, n.2
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 2 Dec. 51/: ‘By cripes!’ said Jabez, and he went to the verandah and shot at the cat.at cripes!, excl.
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 30 Dec. 5/3: Australia’s rorty [...] standin’ up on her hind legs with her coat off, an’ means ter have er cut in at ther first scrap handy!at cut-in, n.
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 23 Dec. 13/1: ‘Ther last I see o’ that cop h’'d took his boots off an’ was er pouring out ther gravy on ther road’.at gravy, n.
Sun. Times (Sydney) 5 Aug. 3/5: Tom took his gruel like a Trojan, and lasted the three minutes out.at take one’s gruel (v.) under gruel, n.
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 9 Dec. 5/1: ‘By cripes, Dads, this must be Sydney! We're going inter a lashing big station, my word! Lays over Bargo, an' no mistake’.at lashing, adj.
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 30 Dec. 5/1: Dads had met Billy Watkins, an old Bargo identity.at old identity (n.) under old, adj.
Sun. Times (Sydney) 29 Jan. 1/1: They Say [...] That it was two days before he scraped up sand enought to face his creditors.at sand, n.1
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 9 Dec. 5/1: [of a hotel room] ‘Can you let us have a bit o’ a shake-down fer ther lot o' us?’.at shakedown, n.
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 23 Dec. 13/1: ‘I come ter ther market fer er load er specks an’ windfalls, but, blime! ther ain‘t none’.at speck, n.1
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 16 Dec. 5/1: ‘Sydney’s full of spielers, and you’ve got to sleep with both eyes open, or get your eye teeth drawn’.at spieler, n.
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 9 Dec. 5/3: ‘Look here, Sarah Jane!’ ‘Oh, ain't that [i.e. a dress] spiffin!’.at spiffing, adj.
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 16 Dec. 5/1: The ‘nice’ young man rubbed his hands secretly at the many ‘spiffs’ he was scoring for himself by working off all the old goods in stock.at spiffs, n.
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 9 Dec. 5/1: ‘I’d like ter know [...] if yer sells tea as well as coffee. Yer see, we’s not strong on coffee up Bargo way’.at strong, adj.
Sun. Times (Sydney) 2 Dec. 6/8: The Wayback Family. Mr. and Mrs. Wayback and family, from Dingo Flat, beyond the Wallaby Ranges, have come to town to witness the Commonwealth celebrations.at wayback, n.
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 13 Jan. 5/2: But the Waybacks wanted no rousing; true to their breeding, they were up with the laughing jack.at jack, n.11
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 13 jan. 5/2: ‘Yer was too many for him, Wayback,’ said Bill.at too many, adj.
‘The Wayback Family’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 13 Jan. 5/2: Delia, mend those stockings to once; folks don't want ter see er little gal running about with two new taters stickin’ out o’ her knees.at tater, n.
‘Dads Wayback’ in Sun. Times (Sydney) 27 July 10/1: ‘[T]hey turns from idle swaggies an’ beer-sinkers inter industrious yeomen’.at beer sinker (n.) under beer, n.
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