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1. Akubra, n. View full entry 1912
...A proprietary name for: a hat made by the Akubra company, esp. a broad-brimmed type traditionally worn by Australian farmers and cattlemen; (more generally) any similar hat. Also attrib....
2. Albert, n.2 View full entry 1840
...(usually in pl.) a type of boot popularized by Prince Albert, orig. and esp. one having a fabric upper and patent leather toecap....
3. Arthur, n. View full entry c1425
...Astron. In the genitive, forming names for the distinctive group of seven bright stars in the constellation Ursa Major called the Plough (also the Big Dipper), and...
4. back o' Bourke, n. View full entry 1918
...Remote inland country; the ‘back of beyond’....
5. bap, n.1 View full entry c1600
...A small loaf or ‘roll’ of bakers' bread, made of various sizes and shapes in different parts of Scotland....
6. barrow, v.2 View full entry 1933
...(See quot. 1933.)...
7. berley, n. View full entry 1874
...Ground-bait....
8. biff, v. View full entry 1888
...trans. To hit, strike. Also to biff (a person) one....
9. big, adj. and adv. View full entry c1300
...Of a person or animal: strong, sturdy, mighty; stout-hearted, courageous. Cf. rich1. Obs....
10. billy, n.3 View full entry 1839
...A cylindrical container, usu. of tin or enamel ware, with a close-fitting lid and a wire handle, used for making tea and for cooking over fires in the open, and for carrying...
11. bish, v.2 View full entry 1940
...trans. To throw....
12. blight, n. View full entry 1611
...gen. Any baleful influence of atmospheric or invisible origin, that suddenly blasts, nips, or destroys plants, affects them with disease, arrests their growth, or prevents their blossom from ‘setting’; a diseased...
13. bob, n.8 View full entry 1789
...A shilling....
14. bogan, n. View full entry 1985
...An unfashionable, uncouth, or unsophisticated person, esp. regarded as being of low social status....
15. boo-ay, n. View full entry 1955
...Remote rural districts. Phr. up the boo-ay, completely astray, altogether wrong. ...
16. bosie, n. View full entry 1912
...= googly Also attrib., as bosie ball, bosie bowler, bosie bowling....
17. bosker, adj. View full entry 1906
...Good, excellent, delightful. Cf. bonzer Hence as ...
18. bot | bott, n.1 View full entry ?1523
...A parasitical worm or maggot; now restricted to the larvæ of flies of the genus Œstrus. The name is considered to belong properly to the larva of Œ. equi...
19. brumby | brumbie, n. View full entry 1880
...A wild or unbroken horse....
20. brush, n.5 View full entry 1941
...A girl, a young woman; freq. derogatory Also collect....
