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1. Abo, n. and adj. View full entry 1908
...A member of an Australian aboriginal people; an Australian Aboriginal. ...
2. arvo, n. View full entry 1933
...Afternoon....
3. binghi | Binghi, n. View full entry 1933
...An Australian Aboriginal. ...
4. bombora, n. View full entry 1933
...A dangerous stretch of water where the waves break over a submerged reef of rocks....
5. bonzer, adj. View full entry 1904
...Excellent, extremely good. Also absol. as Obs....
6. bot, v. View full entry 1934
...intr. (See quot. 1941botting.)...
7. Buckley's, n. View full entry 1898
...In full Buckley's chance (or hope, etc.): a forlorn hope, no chance at all....
8. cliner, n. View full entry 1895
...A girl; a sweetheart. Now rare or Obs....
9. cobber, n.2 View full entry 1895
...A companion, a mate, a friend....
10. cruel, v. View full entry 1934
...trans. To spoil; to destroy all chance of success with....
11. dicken | dickin, int. View full entry 1894
...An interjectional exclamation expressing disgust or disbelief: come off it!, cut it out! Also const. on....
12. dingo, v. View full entry 1935
...intr. To retreat, back out, act in a cowardly or treacherous manner; to dingo on (someone) (see quot. 1941)....
13. dink, n.1 View full entry 1934
...A ride or lift on the bar of a bicycle. Also trans., to give (a person) such a lift....
14. hipper, n. View full entry 1934
...(See quots.) Cf. hip-holehip3....
15. hooray, int. View full entry 1898
...Good-bye. Cf. hurroo...
16. jollo, n. View full entry 1934
...A party, esp. one at which liquor is drunk. Cf. jolly...
17. kero, n. View full entry 1930
...Austral. and N.Z. Colloq. abbrev. of kerosene...
18. kip, n.6 View full entry 1898
...A small piece of wood from which pennies are spun in the game of two-up....
19. kooka, n. View full entry 1933
...= kookaburra...
20. loppy, n. View full entry 1898
...A handyman on rural stations....
