dips

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

n.


Explained in quotation.

1859. G. Bunce, `Travels with Leichhardt,' p. 161:

«. . . Dr. Leichhardt gave the party a quantity of dough boys,or as we called them, dips. . .»

[p. 171]: «In this dilemma, Dr. Leichhardt ordered the cook tomix up a lot of flour, and treated us all to a feed of dips.These were made as follows: – – a quantity of flour was mixed upwith water, and stirred with a spoon to a certain consistency,and dropped into a pot of boiling water, a spoonful at a time.Five minutes boiling was sufficient, when they were eaten withthe water in which they were boiled.»

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