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Digger Dialects

Slang Phrases used by Australian Soldiers during WW1

 

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VASELINE n. Butter or margarine.
VENT A TAIR adj. (Fr., ventre a terre) Quickly; to the limit of one's ability; at full speed.
VERMOUTH-CASSIS n. A popular Parisian drink.
VERY NICE expr. (Or VERY SWEET, VERY CLEAN, VERY GOOD, MISTER MACKENZIE) A street phrase of the Egyptian hawkers and shop-keepers, in extolling their wares to an Australian.
VIAGGIARE v. Go. Italy.
VIN BLANK n. (Fr., vin blanc) White wine.
VIN ROUSH n. (Fr., vin rouge) Red wine.
VINO n. Wine. Italy.
VITE adj. (Fr.) Quick.
VON BLINK n. A humorous corruption of vin blanc.
VYNA n. War. Russia.
 
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Meropodite : n. The fourth joint of a typical appendage of Crustacea.
 
Digger Dialects by W. H. Downing - Lothian Book Publishing, Melbourne and Sydney, 1919
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