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hut
n. the cottage of a shepherd or a miner.The word is English but is especially common in Australia, ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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log
1) A bulky piece or stick of timber unhewed. Pine logs are floated down rivers in America, and stopp...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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hut-keep
v. to act as hut-keeper. 1865. S. Sidney, `Three Colonies of Australia,' p. 380 «At this, as well...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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hut-keeper
n. Explained in quotations. 1802. D. Collins, `Account of New South Wales,' vol. ii. p. 285: «Old...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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stock-hut
n. the hut of a stock-man. 1833. C. Sturt, `Southern Australia,' vol. ii. c. ii. p. 21: «We cross...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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v-hut
a term used in the province of Canterbury,New Zealand. See quotations. 1857. R. B. Paul, `Letters f...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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log-runner
n. an Australian bird, called alsoa Spinetail. The species are – – Black-headed – – Orthonyx spaldi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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log up
v. to make a log-support for thewindlass. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Miner's Right,' c. v. p. 54: «W...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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log-rolling
In the lumber regions of Maine it is customary for men of different logging camps to appoint days fo...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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chock-and-log
n. and adj. a particularkind of fence much used on Australian stations. The Chock is a thick short ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris