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Digger Dialects

Slang Phrases used by Australian Soldiers during WW1

 

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G.S. expr. General Service. (e.g., A.G.S. idiot; a gutzer, G.S.).
G.S.W. n. Gun shot wound.
GABBARY n. (Arab.) (1) A military prison near Alexandria; (2) gaol.
GADGET n. (1) Any mechanical contrivance; (2) any other material or abstract thing.
GAG n. An insincere reason; an idea.
GARRUM adj. Hot. 'Bot Garrum' - Very hot. Mesopotamia (Hindustani).
GAS-GONG n. (Fr., Garcon) Boy.
GASOMETER n. Respirator.
GASPER n. A cigarette.
GAY n. Whisky.
GEEK v./n. Look.
GENERAL WEBB'S ENTANGLEMENT n. Web equipment.
GET AN EYE-FULL v. See.
GET ONE'S GUTS IN A KNOT v. Become needlessly angry.
GET THE STRENGTH [or STRONG] OF v. Become possessed of sufficient information to enable one to form a correct judgment in regard to the matter in question.
 
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Multiplicity : n. The quality of being multiple, manifold, or various; a state of being many; a multitude; as, a multiplicity of thoughts or objects.
 
Digger Dialects by W. H. Downing - Lothian Book Publishing, Melbourne and Sydney, 1919
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