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Gympie Times (Qld) 7 July 3/1: The others are mere inanities, possessing a keen interest in ‘number one’.at number one, n.
Gympie Times (Qld) 7 July 3/1: The others are mere inanities, possessing a keen interest in ‘number one’. Gympie Times (Qld) 26 Oct. 3/1: Of the gerat melbourne M.D.’s, with their heavy fees, / Will find our Banana man come to the fore!at banana man (n.) under banana, n.
Gympie Times (Qld) 23 Mar. 3/3: I confess I am ignorant of the true or the slang moaning of the word ‘bastoon’.at bosthoon, n.
Gympie Times (Qld) 15 Oct. 3/3: By the way, when I returned to Sydney I found the same dread of headless sixpence’s, shillings, and half crowns; in that that they are styled ‘Tommy Dodds,’ and indeed that term seems now to be applied there to any man or thing which is not of a sterling character.at tommy dodd, n.3
Gympie Times (Qld) 11 jan. 3/6: Our young friend never scolds, but ‘blows up;’ never pays, but ‘stumps up;’ never finds it difficult to pay, but is ‘hard up;’ never feels fatigued, but is ‘used -up’.at blow up, v.1
Gympie Times (Qld) 11 jan. 3/6: He never goes away or withdraws, but he ‘bolts’ — he ‘slopes’ — he ‘mizzles’ [...] — he ‘walks his chalks’.at bolt, v.
Gympie Times (Qld) 11 Jan. 3/6: The highest compliment you can pay him is to tell him that he is a ‘regular brick’.at brick, n.
Gympie Times (Qld) 11 jan. 3/6: He never goes away or withdraws, but he ‘bolts’ — he ‘slopes’ — he ‘mizzles’ [...] — he ‘walks his chalks’.at walk one’s chalks (v.) under chalks, n.
Gympie Times (Qld) 11 Jan. 3/6: He never goes away or withdraws, but [...] ‘cuts his stick’ — or [...] ‘cuts his lucky!’.at cut one’s lucky (v.) under cut, v.2
Gympie Times (Qld) 11 jan. 3/6: If he meets an eccentric man he calls him a ‘rummy old cove’.at rummy, adj.1
Gympie Times (Qld) 11 jan. 3/6: If a man is requested to pay a tavern bill he is asked if he will ‘stand Sam’.at stand (the) sam (v.) under stand, v.2
Gympie Times (Qld) 11 jan. 3/6: If he sees anything remarkably good he calls it a ‘stunner,’ the superlative of which is a ‘regular stunner’.at stunner, n.
Gympie Times (Qld) 11 jan. 3/6: He has no hat, but shelters his head beneath a ‘tile’.at tile, n.
Gympie Times (Qld) 11 jan. 3/6: Our young friend never scolds, but ‘blows up;’ never pays, but ‘stumps up;’ never finds it difficult to pay, but is ‘hard up;’ never feels fatigued, but is ‘used -up’.at used up, adj.
Gympie Times (Qld) 14 Apr. 4/1: He was the first man I ever remarked using the word Afrikanderland.at Afrikanderland, n.
Gympie Times (Qld) 17 July 5/5: ‘You have Irish stew tomorrow for a treat.’ But he didn’t find it all a treat, and the onions [...] seemed with him all day.at all a-treat, adj.
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