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Laverton Mercury (WA) 18 Nov. 2/4: Going across country is not ‘much chop’ - this is my opinion, having just negotiated the return journey after a considerable amount of ‘scrub-dashing’ with a bicycle.at not much chop under no chop, phr.
Laverton Mercury (WA) 18 Nov. 2/4: Going across country is not ‘much chop’ - this is my opinion, having just negotiated the return journey after a considerable amount of ‘scrub-dashing’ with a bicycle. Laverton Mercury (WA) 18 Nov. 2/4: Going across country is not ‘much chop’ - this is my opinion, having just negotiated the return journey after a considerable amount of ‘scrub-dashing’ with a bicycle.at scrub-dashing (n.) under scrub, n.2
Laverton Mercury (WA) 28 Dec. 1/5: Two of the Soakers, who had not been agreeing of late, brought things to a climax by going out where the bull feeds.at out where the bull feeds under bull, n.1
Laverton Mercury (WA) 31 Oct. 3/7: Odd little bets [i.e. bits] that are raked together, for instance, are ‘block-ornaments’.at block ornament (n.) under block, n.1
Laverton Mercury (WA) 31 Oct. 3/7: A whole case of eggs coming from many quarters gets the name of ‘raffles,’ and a certain kind of butter sold in large quantities is ‘promoted lard,’ while lard itself, even of the best kind, is termed ‘bullet grease.’.at bullet-grease (n.) under bullet, n.2
Laverton Mercury (WA) 31 Oct. 3/7: Cheap fur muffs, for example, are known as ‘bunny-hugs,’ through a suspicion that the ‘fur’ originally adorned the back of a rabbit.at bunny hug (n.) under bunny, n.1
Laverton Mercury (WA) 31 Oct. 3/7: Other considerable bits which are placed at the extreme outward edge of the slab the knight-of-the-cleaver calls ‘dog-tempters,’ because they are put in such a place as to admit of the shopman getting a good aim at any marauding animal.at dog tempter (n.) under dog, n.2
Laverton Mercury (WA) 31 Oct. 3/7: Other considerable bits which are placed at the extreme outward edge of the slab the knight-of-the-cleaver calls ‘dog-tempters,’ because they are put in such a place as to admit of the shopman getting a good aim at any marauding animal.at ...the cleaver (and steel) under knight of the..., n.
Laverton Mercury (WA) 31 Oct. 3/7: When the ‘nut’ enters a haberdasher’s shop and demands a high, white collar at the tie counter, he is referred to the collar assistant, and the tie man whispers to his colleague ‘apple-cutter,’ meaning that the customer wants to see some collars that will aggravate his Adam’s apple.at knut, n.
Laverton Mercury (WA) 31 Oct. 3/7: A whole case of eggs coming from many quarters gets the name of ‘raffles,’ and a certain kind of butter sold in large quantities is ‘promoted lard,’ while lard itself, even of the best kind, is termed ‘bullet grease.’.at promoted lard (n.) under lard, n.
Laverton Mercury (WA) 31 Oct. 3/7: Because it often conceals dilapidated furniture, chintz is commonly known as ‘poverty’.at poverty, n.
Laverton Mercury (WA) 31 Oct. 3/7: Tea is referred to as ‘wash,’ cocoa as ‘push,’ so called from extra inducements having, in past years, been held out in the trade to force it forward.at push, n.
Laverton Mercury (WA) 31 Oct. 3/7: A whole case of eggs coming from many quarters gets the name of ‘raffles,’ and a certain kind of butter sold in large quantities is ‘promoted lard,’ while lard itself, even of the best kind, is termed ‘bullet grease.’.at raffles, n.
Laverton Mercury (WA) 31 Oct. 3/7: Tea is referred to as ‘wash,’ cocoa as ‘push’ .at wash, n.1
Laverton Mercury (WA) 31 Oct. 3/7: Those prime joints which are placed out of reach of the customers are termed ‘weepers,’ on account of a well-known Smithfield salesman when addressing the crowd, tearfully slapping such joints with his knife and saying: ‘Look; gaze on that and weep’ .at weeper, n.3
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