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The word was first derived from “yaga,” which means “work” in the Yagara language – the traditional language of the Yagara people who live in the region around what is now known as Brisbane.
One of the first dictionaries of Australian slang was Karl Lentzner's Dictionary of the Slang-English of Australia and of Some Mixed Languages in 1892. [ non-primary source needed ] The first dictionary based on historical principles that covered Australian English was E. E. Morris 's Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases ...
Newspaper illustration c.1874. Tinned Dog was a slang term for canned meat in Australia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. [1] The expression was mostly used in the Western Australian goldfields where prospectors and diggers could spend weeks in the outback and relied on tinned food, which was convenient and filling although monotonous.
Damper is a thick home-made bread traditionally prepared by early European settlers in Australia. [citation needed] It is a bread made from wheat-based dough.[citation needed] Flour, salt and water, [1] [2] with some butter if available, [citation needed] is kneaded and baked in the coals of a campfire, [2] either directly or within a camp oven.
Bloke as slang originated in early 19th-Century England, and means “fella.” “Telling porky pies” Another British expression, it means to lie about something.
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This is a list of English words derived from Australian Aboriginal languages. Some are restricted to Australian English as a whole or to certain regions of the country. Others, such as kangaroo and boomerang , have become widely used in other varieties of English , and some have been borrowed into other languages beyond English.