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Digger Dialects

Slang Phrases used by Australian Soldiers during WW1

 

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T-SAP n. A small trench in the shape of a T.
TAILIE n. A man who backs 'tails' in the game of two-up.
TAKE A PULL v. Reform.
TAKE A TUMBLE v. Arrive at a sudden understanding.
TAKE TO THE TALL TIMBER v. Abscond.
TALAATA n. (Arab.) Three
TALAHEENA expr. (Arab.) Come here!
TAP v. (l) Demand; (2) interrogate; (3) borrow.
TARP n. A tarpaulin.
TATS n. Teeth.
TEAR OFF A LUMP v. Accomp1ish.
TEATRO n. Theatre. Italy.
TEDESCO n. A German. Italy.
TEEK adj. Good. 'Teek ogia' - O.K. 'Bot teek' - very good. Mesopotamia (Hindustani).
TELL OFF v. (1) Abuse; (2) tell home truths to.
 
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Halones : n. pl. Alternating transparent and opaque white rings which are seen outside the blastoderm, on the surface of the developing egg of the hen and other birds.
 
Digger Dialects by W. H. Downing - Lothian Book Publishing, Melbourne and Sydney, 1919
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