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1. Abdul, n. View full entry 1870
...Originally: a male Turk; spec. (chiefly Austral. and N.Z.) a Turkish soldier in the First World War (191418); (also) Turkish soldiers collectively. Later...
2. Abo, n. and adj. View full entry 1908
...A member of an Australian aboriginal people; an Australian Aboriginal. ...
3. Abo, n. and adj. View full entry 1911
...Australian Aboriginal....
4. absentee, n. and adj. View full entry 1805
...Austral. An escaped convict. Cf. escapee(a). Now hist. and rare....
5. absolute pardon in absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry 1634
...an unconditional legal pardon; (Austral.) a complete remission of a convict's sentence, including restitution of the right to return to the British Isles (now hist.)....
6. accommodation paddock in accommodation, n. View full entry 1843
...a paddock used to hold animals in transit and provide pasture for them....
7. ace, n.1 and adj. (and int.) View full entry 1904
...Austral., N.Z., and S. Afr.slang. on one's ace: on one's own....
8. acid, adj. and n. View full entry 1906
...Austral. and N.Z.slang. to put (also try, etc.) the acid on: to exert pressure on a person (for money, favours, etc.); similarly to...
9. acrost, prep. and adv. View full entry 1759
...= across...
10. acrost, prep. and adv. View full entry 1775
...= across...
11. adjigo, n. View full entry 1863
...A yam, Dioscorea hastifolia, with edible tubers, native to parts of south-west Australia....
12. advantage set in advantage, n. View full entry 1775
...a set which must be won by a margin of two games; one in which extra games are played in order to achieve this margin....
13. advisory teacher in advisory, adj. and n. View full entry 1897
...orig. and chiefly U.S. a teacher responsible for providing guidance or pastoral care to students, spec. one leading an advisory period (cf. homeroom teacherhomeroom2);Brit. and Austral....
14. aerial ping-pong in aerial, adj. View full entry 1964
...Austral. the game of Australian National Football;depreciative a game of rugby or football in which the ball is continually kicked into the air, rather than being passed....
15. after, n.2 View full entry 1906
...= afternoon1. Chiefly in this after....
16. agist, v. View full entry a1450
...trans. To let or hire (land, originally woodland) for pasture....
17. agist, v. View full entry 1473
...trans. To pasture (livestock belonging to another person), usually for hire or for some consideration. Also: to pasture (one's own animal or livestock) on land belonging to another person....
18. agist, v. View full entry 1585
...intr. Of livestock: to pasture for a specified time. †Also trans.: to pasture on (land) (obs.)....
19. agist, v. View full entry 1601
...trans. In extended use: to make (lands or their owner) liable to a rate or tax. Obs....
20. agisted, adj. View full entry 1669
...Of an animal: that has been put to pasture, usually for hire on land not belonging to their owner. Also of land: used by livestock that has been agisted....
