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down
I. n. a prejudice against, hostility to;a peculiarly Australian noun made out of the adverb. 1856...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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cutting-grass
n. Cladium psittacorum,Labill., N.O. Cyperaceae. It grows very long narrowblades whose thin rigid e...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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boil down
v. to reduce a statement to itssimplest form; a constant term amongst pressmen. Over thereporters' ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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knock-down
v. generally of a cheque. To spendriotously, usually in drink. 1869. Marcus Clarke, `Peripatetic P...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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lamb down
v. tr. 1) To knock down a cheque or a sum of money in a spree.There is an old English verb, of Scan...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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mulga-down
n. hills covered with Mulga. 1890. Rolf Boldrewood, `Colonial Reformer,' c. xvii. p. 201: «Fascin...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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take (a man) down
Australian sporting slang. 1) Toinduce a man to bet, knowing that he must lose. 2) To advisea man ...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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clap down
To set down; charge to one's account. If a man be highly commended, we think him sufficiently lesse...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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to knock down
A word used at auctions. 'This article is knocked down to you, sir;' meaning, that you are the purch...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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down upon
To be down upon, is to seize with avidity, as a bird of prey would pounce down upon its victim. Allu...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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slipper-down
A vulgar name in some parts of Connecticut for hasty pudding. The etymology is obvious. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
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A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
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Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.