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dead-finish
n. a rough scrubtree. 1) Albizzia basaltica, Benth., N.O. Leguminosae. 2) Acacia farnesiana, Will...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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finish. the finish; a small coffee-house in coven garden, market, opposite russel-street, open very early in the morning, and therefore resorted to by debauchees shut out of every other house: it is also called carpenter's coffee- house.
Introducing a story by head and shoulders. A man wanting to tell a particular story, said to the com...