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ISBN: 9781864366457 - The New Dinkum Aussie Dictionary
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The New Dinkum Aussie Dictionary

R Beckett

ISBN: 9781864366457
Format: Paperback
Publisher:New Holland Publishers
Edition: Revised edition


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With over 240 entries new to this edition, this text is a comprehensive reference to Australian slang. The book includes translations of such phrases as "rattle your dags" and explains such descriptions as "a lair who likes to stir the possum".

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A completely revised and expanded edition of this perennial favourite with over 240 new entries. Packed with classic lines of vernacular humour and incisive observations, this Dictionary will open your eyes to the strangeness and the poetry of Australian lingo. It is designed to enlighten new arrivals and entertain the old ones.
   
 
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