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Experiences of a Convict (1965) 93: Some, unarmed, prowl about, watch the inmates of a dwelling away, and then pilfer. These are called ‘frying-pan’ bushrangers, being looked upon with much contempt.at frying-pan, adj.
Experiences of a Convict (1965) 93: Some, unarmed, prowl about, watch the inmates of a dwelling away, and then pilfer. These are called ‘frying-pan’ bushrangers, being looked upon with much contempt. Experiences of a Convict (1965) 52: We were Knights of the Iron Chain, all new arrivals being at once formally invested at the anvil by the high armourer, with a handsome though rusty set of irons, [...] to be worn on the right leg.at ...the Iron Chain under knight of the..., n.
Experiences of a Convict (1965) 26: At roulette the ‘pull’ in favour of the table was about nineteen to eighteen.at pull, n.
Experiences of a Convict (1965) 13: We managed to rejoin our comrades; and for having gone without formal permission [...] received a ‘wigging’ from the unpopular commodore.at wigging, n.
Experiences of a Convict (1965) 116: Had the attempt failed, he, as a ticket-of-leave ‘bolter,’ would have been sentenced to three years at Port Arthur.at bolter, n.
Experiences of a Convict (1965) 190: It is common enough falsely to recriminate with some counter-accusations, and so try to carry off the matter with a high hand, — the vulgar term to describe which mode of behaviour is called ‘Bounce’.at bounce, v.1
Experiences of a Convict (1965) 116: Rather a clever ‘new chum’.at new chum, n.
Experiences of a Convict (1965) 120: To ‘stick up’ a person, house, or dray, means, in Australian ‘flash’ phraseology, to come suddenly with presented arms upon them.at flash, n.1
Experiences of a Convict (1965) 155: Transportation for an offence not disgraceful would eventually prove an actual blessing. Indeed I am not certain that every individual in the two English Houses of Parliament would be the worse for a seven year’s ‘lagging’.at lagging, n.
Experiences of a Convict (1965) 156: Then they constructed a ‘long Tom’ sluice.at long tom, n.
Experiences of a Convict (1965) 116: Mr. Paddy Irving (the Super.), suspecting me to be an accessory [...] tried hard to find some error.at super, n.1
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