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Digger Dialects

Slang Phrases used by Australian Soldiers during WW1

 

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S.I.W. n. Self-inflicted wound; (2) somebody inflieted wound.
S.R.D. n. The brand on a rum jar (State Rum Distilleries; (2) rum; (3) seldom reaches destination (a catchword).
SA-IDA expr./n. (Arab.) (1) Good day; form of salutation. (2) An Egyptian.
SAFKARO n. Clean wash. Mesopotamia (Hindustani).
SALAAM, JOHNNY expr. (hind.) See SA-IDA.
SAN FERRY ANN expr. (Fr., Ça ne fait rein) It doesn't matter.
SAND n. Sugar.
SARBOZA n. Soldier. Persia.
SARGE n. Sergeant.
SARMAJOR n. Sergeant-major.
SAUSAGE n. An observation balloon.
SAVA expr. (Fr. Ça va.) How goes it?
SAY-PAH expr. (Fr., je ne sais pas) Don't know.
SCALES n. To have scales; to be a sycophant.
SCARPERER n. Runner; front-line messenger.
 
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Assimilative : a. Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance.
 
Digger Dialects by W. H. Downing - Lothian Book Publishing, Melbourne and Sydney, 1919
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