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EDRANGE HOMEWORK HELPER: 
Australian word meanings

 
     
     
    AUSTRALIAN WORD MEANINGS

 
    * Common Australian words and their meaning  
    * What is damper and billy tea?  
    * Can you cook bangers on a barbie?  
         
         
         
         
  Australian
word
  Australian 
word meaning
 
  Anzac   Australian or New Zealand soldier who fought at 
Gallipoli in World War One
 
  backblocks   land located far away from other people  
  bangers   sausages  
  barney   fight or argument  
  billabong   branch of a river located away from the main 
stream of the river
 
  billy   tin-plated pot used to boil water over a fire  
  bingle   a minor accident with a car or bicycle  
  bludge   live off someone else  
  bottler   good  
  chalky   school teacher  
  clobber   clothing  
  cocky   farmer  
  damper   form of bread cooked in a fire  
  ddigeridoo   Aboriginal woodwind instrument  
  digger   gold miner or Australian soldier  
  dill   stupid person  
  dinkum   true, genuine  
  dunny   outside toilet  
  galah   fool  
  grouse   excellent  
  joey   baby kangaroo  
  middy   measure of beer  
  nong   stupid person  
  paddy   rage or fury  
  plonk   cheap wine  
  sheila   girl or woman  
  surfie   person who spends most of their time surfing  
  swaggie   person who walks carrying all their possessions  
  toey   touchy or impatient  
  tucker   food  
  uey   u-turn while driving  
  whinge   complain  
  yabber   talk  
  yack   talk  
         
  COPYRIGHT EDRANGE PUBLICATIONS 2002  


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