| Slang - A - Saurus |
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| Some useful words and
phrases, which are listed in alphabetical order in the slang pages, are
grouped together in categories here for quick, easy reference, as a kind
of "Slang Thesaurus" |
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| Fighting Fit |
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could kick the arse off an emu |
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fit as a mallee bull |
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fit as a mallee trout |
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| Fired (from Job) |
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arsed out |
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got the arse/axe |
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received the order of the boot |
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| Flashily Dressed |
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all laired up |
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done up like a pet lizard |
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done up like a pox doctor's clerk |
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flash as a rat with gold teeth |
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mockered up |
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pooned up |
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| Foods |
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cackleberry (egg) |
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chook (chicken) |
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cocky's joy (golden syrup) |
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damper (bushman's bread) |
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dead horse (sauce) |
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dog's eye (meat pie) |
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floater (meat pie in a bowl of peas or gravy) |
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fly bog (jam) |
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goog/googy egg (egg) |
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hen fruit (egg) |
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johnny cake (type of damper) |
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murphy (potatoe) |
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mystery bags (sausages) |
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sammie (sandwich) |
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sanger (sandwich) |
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sinker (meat pie) |
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snag (sausage) |
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underground mutton (rabbit) |
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| Horse |
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alligator |
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brumby |
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crocodile |
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moke |
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prad |
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| Hotel/Pub/Rough
Public House |
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bloodhouse |
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boozer |
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lamb-down shop |
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poison shop |
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rubbity/rubbity dub |
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