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Ankle Biter
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small child
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Arvo
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afternoon
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Back Of Bourke
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middle of nowhere, also called 'beyond the black stump'
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Bail Out
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exit, leave
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Banana Bender
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person who resides in Queensland
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Bludger
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lazy person, not working
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Beaut
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fantastic, wonderful, the best
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Billy
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pot of tea
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Bingle
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motor vehicle accident
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Bizzo
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business bloke
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Blowie
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blowfly
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Blue
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fight (have a fight/blue)
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Bluey
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bluebottle jellyfish
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Bogan
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unkempt slack messy person with low education
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Bonzer
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fabulous, great, cool, ripper
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Boddle a Warda
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plastic bottle of spring water, Cooroy Mtn Spring Water preferred
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Bugga
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bad luck, oops
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Cark It
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to die
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Catch Ya Later
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goodbye
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Chick
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girl, woman
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Chook
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chicken
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Chuck A Wobbly
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lose one's temper
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Cozzie
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swimmers (NSW), also known as 'togs' (QLD) & 'bathers' (Vic, SA) depending on the State, can be called 'budgie smugglers" in the case of male speedos.
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Cobber
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friend, mate
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Coo-ee
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hello (outdated), can be yelled out when looking for someone in the bush or can be used as a negative adjective, eg. 'There's nothing within coo-ee of here!"
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Croweater
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a South Australian person
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Dead Horse
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tomato sauce
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Dead Set
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genuine
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Real Dob
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to tell on
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Dole Bludger
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person who lives off Social Security & does not make any effort to get a job
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Dinky Die
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genuine article or item
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Dole
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government payment to people who don't work
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Do Your Block
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lose your cool (temper)
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Dob
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to tell on
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Drongo
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idiot, stupid person
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Dunno
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I don't know
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Dunny
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toilet
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Earbash
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to talk non-stop
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Fair Dinkum
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true, real, honest
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Fair Go
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give us a break
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Galah
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noisy person acting like an idiot
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Good On Ya
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good job
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G'day
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hello, have a good day
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Goon
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really cheap alcohol, particularly very cheap cask wine
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Grog
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alcoholic drinks
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Have A Geez
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to have a look (at something)
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Hicksville
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outback country town
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How Are Ya
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greeting, warm welcome
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Iffy
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questionable
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Knackered
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tired, exhausted
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Hooligan
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idiot or troublemaker, generally associated with someone who commits mindless acts of violence or destruction
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Larrikin
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usually used in an affectionate way, a 'larrikin' is a troublemaker, but a harmless or loveable one
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Joe Blake
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snake
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Lemon
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useless, faulty thing
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Lob In
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visit someone
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Loo
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toilet
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Mozzies
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mosquites
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Muso
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musician
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No Worries
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it's not a problem
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Oodnagalabie
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very far away, isolated, see also 'Back of Bourke' & 'Whoop-Whoop'
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Pike
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to quit or back out of something you said you would do
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Pissed
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drunk
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Pissed Off
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annoyed & angry
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Plonk
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wine (usually cheap wine)
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Ratbag
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idiot
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Ring-in
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foreigner, someone not invited or that should not be there
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Ripper
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great, cool, fabulous
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Rooted
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stuffed, tired, exhausted
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Sandgroper
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person from Western Australia
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She'll Be Right
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everything is okay
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Sheila
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woman
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Shonky
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not to be trusted, doesn't work properly
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Spunk
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good-looking person, adjective = 'spunky'
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Stubbies
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short workshorts for men, also a small bottle of beer
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Take The Piss
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make fun of, ridicule
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Tall Poppies
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successful people, 'Tall Poppy Syndrome'" is the desire to undercut those who are more sucessful
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Thingamajig
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an item or thing
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Too Right
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I agree
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True Blue
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true, real
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Tucka
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food
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Thongs
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flip-flops, rubber sandals (the underwear is called a 'g-string' here)
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Uo-roo
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goodbye
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Whinge
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to moan & complain
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Whoop-whoop
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outback
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Wowser
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boring, conservative person
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Yobbo
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unintelligent or crude person-usually male
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Youse
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means 'you' (plural)
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Your Shout
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your turn to buy a drink
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