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Digger Dialects

Slang Phrases used by Australian Soldiers during WW1

 

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JACK n. A military policeman.
JAG n. A drinking bout.
JAKE adj. Correct.
JAKE-ALOO adj. See JAKE.
JANE n. A girl.
JELDI v. Hurry; run. Mesopotamia (Hindustani).
JELDY adv. (Hind.) Quickly.
JELO v. Hurry; run. Mesopotamia (Hindustani).
JERRY n. A German.
JERRY v. To understand suddenly. 'Take a jerry' - —change (for the better) one's course of conduct.
JIT n. Cigarette.
JOCK n. A Scotch soldier.
JOEY n. A military policeman. (Also 'pretty Joey').
JOINT n. A place.
JOW expr. Go away; get out; 'jow you black ..' Mesopotamia (Hindustani).
 
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Cervine : a. Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervidae.
 
Digger Dialects by W. H. Downing - Lothian Book Publishing, Melbourne and Sydney, 1919
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