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[Aus] Armidale Chron. (NSW) 20 Sept. 1/7: And to satisfy the clamor / Really placed him in a fix, / And this one tried to ‘nobble’ him, / And that one ‘lugged’ his ear, / But his final fond selection, / Drove full forty on the beer!
at lug someone’s ear (v.) under lug, v.1
[Aus] Armidale Chron. (NSW) 25 Dec. 1/5: In the face of such facts it is easy to see / ‘Shickeritis’ is prevalent up at Moree.
at shickeritis (n.) under shicker, adj.
[Aus] Armidale Chron. (NSW) 25 Dec. 1/5: If a tussle for championship honors they’d try, / One man from Moree could drink all of them dry. / When the whole of its citizens get on the ‘tear,’ / It’s worth all the rest of your life to be there.
at go (out) on a/the tear (v.) under tear, n.
[Aus] Armidale Chron. (NSW) 25 Dec. 1/5: For three months of the present year no less than 2600 dozen bottles were emptied at the Royal Hotel at Moree. [...] Brethren, let us sing: The butcher, the baker, and the giddy J.P., / Go out on the ‘tiger’ in boozy Moree.
at on the tiger under tiger, n.
[Aus] Armidale Chron. (NSW) 14 Feb. 7/3: If you want me, you’ll have to lumber me straight out.
at lumber out (v.) under lumber, v.1
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