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Hair of the Dog |
alcoholic drink taken to relieve a hangover. |
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Half your Luck |
congratulations - envy - a best wishes blessing. |
| Handle | beer glass with a handle |
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Haggle |
you try to talk the price down |
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Put Hairs on ya chest |
someone that if you eat this or drink this you will become a man |
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Hang out |
spending time out, usually with friends |
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Happy as a pig in mud |
very happy |
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Handles like a dog on lino (linoleum) |
your car or whatever handles very badly |
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Hardcase |
someone with closed mind, but they might not think so or a tough guy |
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Hard yakka |
hard work - tough. |
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Heaps |
plenty, a lot |
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Heart-starter |
first (alcoholic) drink of the day. |
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Heave |
to vomit - be sick - throw up. |
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Hit the Hay or Hit the sack |
go to bed to sleep |
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Hit the Frog and Toad |
Hit the road, leave, usually said by a visitor when they are ready to leave |
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Hit your kick |
open your wallet |
| Hooley dooley | an exclamation of surprise, similar to "holy crap" |
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Hoon |
hooligan, a lay about, someone who drives dangerously fast |
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Hooroo |
goodbye, see you later. |
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Hotel |
pub - with or without food or accommodation (the local). |
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Hot under the collar |
to get angry |
| Hottie | hot water bottle, or an attractive person |
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Howzat? |
asking someone how something is. Often shouted at cricket when appealing for a batsman to be dismissed |
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Humpy |
bush dwelling of cheap construction |
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Idiot box |
television set |
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something is a bit Iffy |
it is risky or suspect |
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you give me the Irrits |
they're extremely irritating |
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Ivories |
your teeth (to tickle the ivories) to play the piano |
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Jack of that |
you a fed up with something |
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I will fix your Jack and Jill |
I will pay your bill, usually in a restaurant |
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Jack-in-the-box |
someone who can not sit still |
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Jackaroo or Jillaroo |
trainee male or female Cattle Station hand |
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Jack Dancer |
Cancer |
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Jaked |
broken |
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Jaffle |
toasted sandwich (toasty toast) |
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Had to use the Jerry |
a pot under the bed if you need to go in the middle of the night |
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See you in a Jiffy |
see you in a short time |
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Jigged |
broken or no long useful |
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I will job you! |
I will hit you or punch you |
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Jocks |
male underpants |
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Joe Blake |
a snake |
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Joe Bloggs |
you are referring to the average citizen |
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Any old Joe blow will tell you |
any one you don't even know will tell you |
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Down the John |
off to the toilet |
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Journo |
journalist |
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Jumper |
usually a woollen sweater |
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Jumbuck |
sheep |
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Just down the road |
this could be 100 yards to a 1000 miles away |
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Kafuffle |
argument or a disturbance |
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Kangaroos loose in the top paddock |
you going a little crazy |
| Kelpie | Australian sheepdog originally bred from Scottish collie |
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Keen as mustard |
enthusiastic about something |
| Kero | kerosene |
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Kick the bucket |
dead |
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Kindy |
kindergarten |
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Kip |
short rest or sleep or nap |
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pack your Kit |
pack up all your belongings or your possessions |
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Kiwi |
someone who live in New Zealand (New Zealander) |
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Knickers |
female underwear |
| Knock | criticise |
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Knock-off |
a counterfeit product |
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Knock something |
you criticise it |
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Knocked up |
she is pregnant |
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Knock off time |
time to go home from work |
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get Knotted! |
is a angry way of say go now |
| Knuckle sandwich | a punch to the mouth |
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