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Lithgow Mercury (NSW) 2 July 3/2: A cake of gold weighing 111 oz. was brought into town to-day.at cake, n.2
Lithgow Mercury (NSW) 2 July 3/2: A cake of gold weighing 111 oz. was brought into town to-day. Lithgow Mercury (NSW) 11 July 4/5: Mr. T. Donnolly [...] , has promised a cup to the Lithgow Coursing Club for their next meeting. This [...] should be the means of enticing a ‘boncer’ entry.at boncer, adj.
Lithgow Mercury (NSW) 9 Dec. 4/1: W. Peacock’s destructive bowling – 6 for 9 –was the deed that did the trick, and ‘Billy’ is described as being a ‘boncer’ with the ball.at boncer, n.
Lithgow Mercury (NSW) 17 Feb. 6/3: ‘Well,’ he soliloquised, ‘You’ve often been on the tiger, old man, but this as tho first time you ever struck a whole blooming menagerie!’.at on the tiger under tiger, n.
Lithgow Mercury (NSW) 19 Dec. 1/3: Mr. Dooley sarcastically described Mr. Hughes as ‘Willy Wobbly,’ akin to the thimble and pea man, ‘now you have him and now-you haven’t,’ owing to his continual change of front.at willy wobbler, n.
Lithgow Mercury (NSW) 13 Oct. 2/3: The other morning two ladies, were walking into Portland, and when they were passing Mrs. Kafoop's place the sharp ears of one heard wrangling going on at the back of the house.at Mrs Kafoops (n.) under kafoops, n.
Lithgow Mercury (NSW) 21 Aug. 6/3: There are about 150 species of the family of Cicadidae in Australia [...] the Red-eye and the Floury Miller are [...] well-known varieties.at miller, n.1
Lithgow Mercury (NSW) 17 Mar. 2/1: Such being the circumstances, the two soldiers may have a strong motive for not wanting a discharge, preferring to cope with the sergeant-major, who would be a snack in comparison.at snack, n.2
Lithgow Mercury (NSW) 8 Nov. 2/4: Too much drink was allowed to be taken to country dances and [...] the country people took it in hand to see that the element of larrikinism was outed from the dances.at out, v.2
Lithgow Mercury (NSW) 5 Apr. 2/2: Those hard old ‘peanut alley’ seats [...] do not squeak and creak in tune when, people are singing or talking.at peanut alley (n.) under peanut, n.
Lithgow Mercury (NSW) 6 Jan. 2/4: A hotel thief who had offered to ‘duck the nut’ (plead guilty) to stealing charges had a ‘spanner’ thrown into his activities when Mr. K.M. Dash, S.M., ignored his plea of leniency and ‘screwed’ him down to three months’ imprisonment.at screw, v.
Lithgow Mercury (NSW) 30 June 2/3: We are not nincompoops, bush-bunnies of Gunns Gullies. We are reasonable men.at bush bunny (n.) under bunny, n.1
Lithgow Mercury (NSW) 15 Aug. 2/4: Bob Cutler had to content himself on Saturday afternoons watching adventure pictures from ‘peanut alley’ at the Trades Hall.at peanut alley (n.) under peanut, n.
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