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[Aus] Glen Innes Examiner (NSW) 10 Mar. 2/6: An inherent mania for galloping horses [...] becomes a leading vice, culminating in horse and cattle stealing. The first step generally begins with ‘sweating’ a neighbour's horse, or illegally riding; then comes the ‘fancy’ for a particular horse, without the necessary means at hand of making a purchase.
at sweat, v.1
[Aus] Glen Innes Examiner (NSW) 26 Oct.6/1: ‘Oh, I s’pose he’s “broke” and couldn’t “part” his “deeners” to the dress-suckle’ .
at deener, n.
[Aus] Glen Innes Examiner (NSW) 26 Oct. 6/1: ‘I remember ’im playin’ the Demon in “The Crimes of Paris,” and now he’s doin’ a feller who gets “jugged” for a crime he never did.’.
at demon, n.2
[Aus] Glen Innes Examiner (NSW) 2 Nov. 4/2: Addressing Mr. Colter as ‘You piebald dog-walloper,’ demanded to know what he meant by alluding to him (Colonel M'Gee) as a ‘ whisky-absorbing, poison purveying importation from Dublin’ .
at dog-walloper (n.) under dog, n.2
[Aus] Glen Innes Examiner (NSW) 26 Oct. 6/1: ‘My Colonial ain’t Phil Beck a hout-and-houter? he is an’ ot ’un and no error’ .
at my colonial oath! (excl.) under my oath!, excl.
[Aus] Glen Innes Examiner (NSW) 26 Oct. 6/1: ‘I say Bill, pipe the bloke in the masher collar, wots he doin’ up yere in the ‘gods?’.
at pipe, v.3
[Aus] Glen Innes Examiner (NSW) 11 Jan. 6/5: Nigger Sam, the black pug dog [...] had an unprecedented run of success last season [...] When he is bidden to sing he thrills out the funniest little song,.
at nigger, n.1
[Aus] Glen Innes Examiner (NSW) 22 Oct. 9/4: The men stepped up to their work with a snap and a swing, singing — ‘bacon and eggs, take care of your legs’.
at bacon and eggs, n.
[Aus] Glen Innes Examiner (NSW) 25 Jan. 8/2: ‘Strike-me-bob, Charlie, feels like me bloomin’ foot’s come off’ .
at strike me bob! (excl.) under strike me...!, excl.
[Aus] Glen Innes Examiner (NSW) 24 Feb. 4/7: Defendant refused [to leave], and when witness offered him another chance to go home, defendent ‘offered him out’.
at offer someone out, v.
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