| backdoor bandit |
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derogatory term for homosexual a man. |
| back o' Bourke |
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remote areas of outback Australia. |
| bag of fruit |
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suit (rhyming slang). |
| bagman |
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swagman; tramp. |
| bagman's gazette |
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mythical source of bush rumours. |
| bald as a bandicoot |
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having no hair. |
| ball and chain |
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wife (also known as trouble and strife). |
| balls up |
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to mess up; a real mix up; chaotic state of
affairs. |
| Banana - bender |
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Queenslander. |
| Bananaland |
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Queensland. |
| bandicoot gunyah |
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makeshift bushman's shelter. |
| bangs like a dunny
door in the wind |
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a promiscuous woman.. |
| banjo |
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frying pan; shoulder of mutton (an old sheep). |
| barbie/barby |
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barbecue (BBQ). |
| Barcoo Buster |
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westerly wind in outback Queensland. |
| Barcoo rot |
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festering skin disease. |
| Barcoo spew |
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illness accompanied by attacks of vomiting. |
| bark on the lawn |
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to vomit outside. |
| barley! |
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word used to call for a truce (sometimes
referred to as barlese!). |
| barmy as a bandicoot |
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insane. |
| barney |
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loud altercation; physical struggle; fight. |
| barrack for |
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to support vocally (usually associated with a
sporting team). |
| bastard |
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most unpleasant person; affectionate name for
a mate (eg: What have you been up to, you "old bastard"?). |
| bastard from the bush |
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rustic individual. |
| bash |
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wild party. |
| bash (someone's) ear |
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to talk at length to a boring degree. |
| bat the breeze |
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to talk idly. |
| bathers |
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swimming costume/suit; cozzies. |
| bats |
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crazy. |
| battler |
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a person struggling to survive |
| Bazzaland |
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Australia. |
| beat the living
daylights/shit out of |
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administer a violent thrashing. |
| beaut |
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extremely good; an expression of approval. |
| beauty!; beaudy! |
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.exclamation of approval |
| Beecham's Pill |
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dill; idiot (rhyming slang). |
| beef |
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complaint; to complain. |
| been around |
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to be sexually experienced. |
| beer gut |
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bulging stomach (mans) often associated with
heavy drinking. |
| bee's dick |
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smallest possible (eg: You've got a bee's dick
of a chance of winning the lottery). |
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