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A wow of a time – a sensational, successful time was had
Ace – excellent, wonderful
Act the goat – behave in a foolish manner
Albany Doctor - a wind that is said to blow in the afternoon but often is howling by 7.00 am
Apex predator - a predator at the top of a food chain that is not preyed upon by any other animal
Apples, “she’s apples” – expression of approval, reassurance
As busy as a blowie at a barbie – extremely busy (like a blowfly at a barbeque)
As happy as Larry -very happy
As scarce as rocking horse poo - very rare (Gilbert's potoroo is Australia's most endangered marsupial)
ASAP – (Abbreviation) As soon as possible
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Cark it – break-down, die
Check out- look into
Cheeky – bold, brazen
Chin-wag – a lot of talking, gossip
Chock a block – full, crowded
Chockers – completely full
Choof off – depart, leave, go
Chook raffle – fund raising lottery with packaged raw chickens as main prizes conducted in Pubs and clubs
Clobber, best – best clothes
Coathanger, The – The Sydney Harbour Bridge
Cobber – friend, mate
Cocky - farmer
Codswallop – nonsense, rubbish
Condo – (abbreviation) Condobolin
Coo-ee – long loud call ending on a shrill, rising jerky sound on the ‘ee’- used in the bush to communicate location.
Corker – astonishingly good thing or person
Cossie – swimming costume
Cracker of a day – gorgeous sunny day
Cranky - angry
crash-hot – excellent, first rate
Crikey – expression of astonishment
Crocs – (abbreviation) crocodile
Cuppa – cup of tea
C
Cark it – break-down, die
Check out- look into
Cheeky – bold, brazen
Chin-wag – a lot of talking, gossip
Chock a block – full, crowded
Chockers – completely full
Choof off – depart, leave, go
Chook raffle – fund raising lottery with packaged raw chickens as main prizes conducted in Pubs and clubs
Clobber, best – best clothes
Coathanger, The – The Sydney Harbour Bridge
Cobber – friend, mate
Cocky - farmer
Codswallop – nonsense, rubbish
Condo – (abbreviation) Condobolin
Coo-ee – long loud call ending on a shrill, rising jerky sound on the ‘ee’- used in the bush to communicate location.
Corker – astonishingly good thing or person
Cossie – swimming costume
Cracker of a day – gorgeous day
Cranky - angry
Crash-hot – excellent, first rate
Crikey – expression of astonishment
Crocs – (abbreviation) crocodile
Cuppa – cup of tea
D
Dag – lovable, odd or amusing person
Damper – type of bread cooked in a camp fire
Dawn service - A dawn service started by Reverend White in Albany, Western Australia is often named as the first dawn service. Reverend White, who had served as an army chaplain at Gallipoli, would march his congregation to a point overlooking King George Sound in Albany where the troops left for Gallipoli in 1914.
Deadly - A term chiefly used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people meaning awesome or wicked
Deadset – truthfully, honestly
Dill – fool, simpleton
Dinky di – genuine, real, authentic
Dive bomb - a diving style where the diver hugs their knees to enter the water with the body shaped as much like a sphere as possible. The goal is to create a large splash.
Do the bolt – dash off, leave immediately
Do the runner - leave a place in order to avoid something difficult
Dob – to inform on
Dobs ya in – informs on you
Dodge a bullet - avoiding any situation that turns out to be disastrous or very harmful.
Dog’s eye and dead ‘orse – (rhyming slang) pie with sauce
Done like a dinner – to be defeated completely, possibly in an unfair way
Done yer dough – to have spent all of one’s money, perhaps impulsively.
Doovalacky – any object for which one cannot immediately recall the correct name
Drover – person who drives a herd or flock over long distances
Dry as a drover’s dog – extremely dry, thirsty
Duffers – cattle or sheep thieves
Duffing – to steal farm animals
Dugout – underground dwelling
Dunnart - marsupial the size of a European mouse. They have a largely insectivorous diet.
Dunny – toilet, often a free-standing outside toilet
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