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| shoot through |
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to leave suddenly to avoid paying a debt or
other responsibilities. |
| short arse |
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a short person. |
| short of numbers in
the Upper House |
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stupid. |
| shot full of holes |
|
very drunk. |
| shot through like a
Bondi tram |
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departed hastily. |
| shout |
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to pay for a round of drinks. |
| shovel shit |
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to work in a menial job. |
| sickie |
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to have a day off work when sick (sometimes
taken on dubious grounds). |
| silly as a two bob
watch |
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to act crazy. |
| silly sausage |
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a saying usually applied to small children
when they are being silly. |
| silvertail |
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a member of the 'Upper Class'. |
| since Cocky was an
egg |
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a long time ago. |
| singlet |
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tanktop; sleeveless undershirt. |
| sink a few |
|
to have a few drinks. |
| sink the boot in/sink
the slipper |
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to kick someone violently; to attack verbally. |
| sinker |
|
meat pie. |
| sitting on an ant's
nest |
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in a situation that is about to get worse. |
| skedaddle |
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to leave in a hurry. |
| skerrick |
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a small amount. |
| skew wiff |
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not in align; out of sorts. |
| skinful |
|
drunk (eg: He's had a skinful). |
| skinny as a sapling
with the bark scraped off |
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very thin. |
| skite |
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to boast. |
| skittle |
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to knock something down. |
| sky pilot |
|
clergyman. |
| slacker |
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a lazy person. |
| sly grog |
|
illegal alcohol. |
| smack a blue |
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to strike trouble; get into a fight. |
| smackers/smackeroos |
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money (dollars). |
| smashed |
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drunk. |
| smoko |
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a break from work to have morning or afternoon
tea. |
| snag |
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sausage; a hidden problem. |
| snag short of a
barbie |
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lacking in intelligence. |
| snagger |
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a 'learner' shearer. |
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