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aroo................................................
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goodbye
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arsey...............................................
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lucky
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artist..............................................
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Someone who indulges in excesses, e.g., bull artist, booze artist, gip artist (con artist)
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Aussie..............................................
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an Australian (somebody from Australia)
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Aussieland..........................................
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Australia
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ANZAC...............................................
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(Australia and New Zealand Army Corp) There is a national holiday celebrating the soldiers of both counties; kind of like Memorial Day in the United States. It takes place on the 25th of April.
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blue................................................
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Somebody who has red hair is called a blue. It's because they usually have blue eyes.
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boomerang...........................................
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an aboriginal throwing weapon
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bull puncher........................................
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cowboy
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catch ya later......................................
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see ya
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chips...............................................
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french fries
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chook...............................................
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chicken, as in food
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crisps..............................................
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potato chips
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Dinky di............................................
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Real, Genuine (The real deal)
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dunny...............................................
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toilet
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esky................................................
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It's a cooler for keeping things like sodas cold. It comes from the word Eskimo.
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Fair dinkum?........................................
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Really?, For real?
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flat.................................................
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An apartment.
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Fortnight...........................................
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means two weeks or 14 days
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g'day...............................................
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hi, hello
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graft...............................................
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work (usually hard work) grafter-worker
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grafter.............................................
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A worker.
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goodonya............................................
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Good job. Well done!
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grouse..............................................
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really good, excellent
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Gumtree, Up a gum tree...............................
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Up a creek without a paddle.
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Homestead...........................................
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The actual house or living quarters on a farm.
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How you going allright?..............................
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How's it going? how are you doing? What's up?
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Jackaroo, Jillaroo...................................
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Station hands. People who work on cattle ranch or sheep ranch
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Lamington...........................................
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Like a sponge cake, covered in chocolate icing then rolled in shredded coconut. These are often made at school and sold at bake sales to raise money.
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mate................................................
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buddy, friend
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Nullanulla.........................................
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An aboriginal club used for hunting
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outback.............................................
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the back country, the hinterlands, also, called the bush
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Homey...............................................
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Somebody from England. Another expression is "Pome" which is an acronym for Prisoner Of Mother England. But this is not a nice expression.
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ripper..............................................
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Really good. Awesome!
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Roo.................................................
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Abbreviation for kangaroo
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Roobar..............................................
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Lots of cars have these. It's kind of like a roll bar but it's mounted on the front of the car, above the bumper. They are supposed to protect the car and people inside in case you hit a kangaroo on the highway.
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tea.................................................
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dinner or lunch
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tucker..............................................
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food
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Quocka..............................................
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An animal in the marsupial family, native to an island of the north-west coast of Australia.
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Sticky beak.........................................
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Nosey (Don't be such a sticky beak...Don't be so nosey)
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Unit.................................................
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An apartment.
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weekender...........................................
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A cottage or shack where people go to spend their weekends.
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