GLOSSARY OF COLLOQUIALISMS AND SLANG TERMS.
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AUSTRALIAN. AMERICAN EQUIVALENTS.ENGLISH INTERPRETATION.
Billy A tin pailA camp-kettle.
Blokes GuysChaps—fellows.
Bosker Dandy or "dandy fine"Something meeting with unqualified approval.
Galoot A rubeA yokel—a heavy country fellow.
Larrikin A hoodlum.
Moke A common knockabout horse.
Narked SoreVexed—to have lost the temper.
Gin SquawAn aboriginal woman.
Quod Jail.
Sollicker Somewhat equivalent to "corker"Something excessive.
Toff A "sport" or "swell guy"A well-dressed individual—sometimes of the upper ten.
Two "bob" Fifty centsTwo shillings.
To graft To "dig in"To work hard and steadily.
To scoot To vamoose or skidooTo leave hastily and unceremoniously.
To smoodge To be a "sucker"To curry favour at the expense of independence.
"Gives me the pip" "Makes me tired"Bores.
"On a string" }Trifling with him.
"Pulling his leg" }
Kookaburra A giant kingfisher with grey plumage and a merry, mocking, inconceivably human laugh—a killer of snakes, and a great favourite with Australians.