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[Aus] J. Lambert Maquarie Dict. Aus. Sl. 70/2: drop bear a vicious breed of koala that supposedly leaps upon unsuspecting tourists and attacks with unmitigated fury. A tale told to frighten unwary foreigners since at least the 1960s.
at drop bear, n.
[Aus] J. Lambert Maquarie Dict. Aus. Sl. 26/1: bosker: obsolete term equivalent to bonzer (see entry).
at bosker, adj.
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