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fat-cake
n. ridiculous name sometimesapplied to Eucalyptus leucoxylon, F. v. M., according toMaiden (`Useful...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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fat-hen
n. a kind of wild spinach.In England the name is applied to various plants of thickfoliage. 1847. ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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mud-fat
adj. fat as mud, very fat. 1891. Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p. 142: «There's half th...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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to have one's fat in the fire
is to have one's plans frustrated. A vulgar expression borrowed from the vocabulary of the kitchen. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.