well-in

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

adj.


answering to `well off,' `well todo,' `wealthy'; and ordinarily used, in Australia, instead ofthese expressions.

1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 1:

«He's a well-in squatter that took up runs or bought themcheap before free-selection, and land-boards, and rabbits, andall the other bothers that turn a chap's hair grey before histime.»

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