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Arvo |
|
Afternoon |
|
Anzac |
|
Soldier |
|
Back of Bourke
|
|
Back of beyond |
|
Bag of fruit
|
|
A man's suit |
|
Barbie |
|
Barbeque |
|
Beaut |
|
Very good. Excellent
|
|
Billabong
|
|
A lake or pond remaining in a
dried up stream |
|
Blue |
|
An argument or person with red
hair |
|
Bonzer |
|
Good |
|
Boomer |
|
A full-grown kangaroo
|
|
Buckshee
|
|
Free |
|
Bung on
|
|
Turn on |
|
Bush |
|
The Outback; any wooded area or
region |
|
BYO |
|
Bring your own drinks for
restaurant or party |
|
Chunder |
|
To vomit, be sick
|
|
Cobber |
|
A friend |
|
Corroboree
|
|
Aboriginal word for 'Meeting
Place' |
|
Cozzies |
|
Bathing costume or swimsuit |
|
Crook |
|
Sick, no good |
|
Dag |
|
Sheep droppings attached to the
wool, term of endearment or mild abuse |
|
Damper |
|
Australian home-made bread |
|
Digger |
|
Originally a miner, now an
Australian soldier |
|
Dunny |
|
Toilet |
|
Earbasher
|
|
A fellow who talks your head off |
|
Good-on-yer |
|
Term of approval; sometimes used
sardonically |
|
Have a go
|
|
Try it |
|
Jumbuck |
|
A sheep |
|
Lollies |
|
Sweets or candies
|
|
Mate |
|
Your best friend
|
|
Middy |
|
A medium glass of beer |
|
Mozzie |
|
Mosquito |
|
Never never |
|
Remote outback |
|
No worries |
|
That's all right, no problem |
|
Sandshoes |
|
Runners, sneakers or tennis
shoes |
|
Schooner
|
|
Large glass of beer |
|
Sheila |
|
A girl or young women |
|
Shivoo |
|
A spree or party
|
|
Shout |
|
Buy a drink for someone |
|
Smoke-o |
|
Tea-break |
|
Stinger |
|
Lethal jellyfish
|
|
Swag |
|
Bundle of belongings/sleeping
gear |
|
Tinny |
|
Can of beer |
|
Ute |
|
Single-cab truck
|
|
Walkabout
|
|
Lengthy walk to get away from it
all |
|
Waltzing
|
|
Wandering around the country |
|
Within cooee of |
|
Within shouting distance, no
distance at all |
|
Wowser |
|
Someone who objects to drinking |
