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Digger Dialects

Slang Phrases used by Australian Soldiers during WW1

 

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UNA n. One ; a. Italy.
UNEXPECTED PORTION n. An ironic perversion of the familiar official phrase, 'unconsumed por- tion of the day's rations.' It originated in times when, owing to avoidable or unavoidable causes, no rations arrived for the troops. (So also, 'unexpired' and 'unexpended')
UOMINO n. A man. Italy.
UP THE LINE adj. In action. 'Up the line, with the best of luck' - a satirical phrase applied to men who, after being for some time in a safe occupation, were returned to fighting units.
UP TO PUTTY adj. Bad; useless; ineffectual.
 
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Hangbird : n. The Baltimore oriole (Icterus galbula); -- so called because its nest is suspended from the limb of a tree. See Baltimore oriole.
 
Digger Dialects by W. H. Downing - Lothian Book Publishing, Melbourne and Sydney, 1919
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