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Dictionary of Australian Words And Terms

 

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GAB . Talk.
GALAH . The rose-breasted cockatoo.
GAME, IN THE . To be one of the affluent.
GAMMON . To deceive.
GANGER . Boss of navvies.
GAWKY . Awkward person.
GAZOB . A foolish person.
GEEBUNG . Aboriginal name for small native plum.
GEEWHIZZ . Expressing surprise.
GET, TO DO A . A hurried departure.
GIBBER . A rock.
GIBBER-GUNYAH . Aboriginal home in cave.
GILL-BIRD . Another name for Wattle Bird.
GIN . Aboriginal woman.
GINK . A peculiar fellow.
 
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Expectancy : n. The act of expecting ; expectation.; n. That which is expected, or looked or waited for with interest; the object of expectation or hope.

 
A Dictionary of Australian Words And Terms by Gilbert H. Lawson, published originally in 1924 in Balmain, Sydney by the Direct Hosiery Company
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