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Sheila – slang for "woman", derived from the feminine Irish given name Síle (pronounced [ˈʃiːlʲə]), commonly anglicised Sheila). Yobbo – an Australian variation on the UK slang yob, meaning someone who is loud, rude and obnoxious, behaves badly, anti-social, and frequently drunk (and prefixed by "drunken").
Australian slang term, particularly in rural areas, in reference to the blue appearance and traits of the Blue Heeler Australian Cattle Dog. Blue Heelers was a long-running Australian police television drama series. Blue Light Special Slang term for someone being pulled over. [citation needed] Blue Lights
A suburban electric train Spragger (SAR) Employee who applies brakes on rolling stock in yard work [2] Staff System of safe-working used on single track to allow the movement of trains; in its simplest form each block section had a small bar or staff which must be carried by any train moving over the section.
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A young girl in Sydney, Australia, came very close to getting hit by a train. She was playing with a hoola-hoop on the platform when it rolled onto the tracks. Then, the girl ran after it and ...
Transportation officials in Australia warned commuters an escaped “individual” was trying to board a train in a western suburb of Sydney. Then surveillance footage showed a horse politely ...
By extension, a farmer, e.g. "cow cockie" for dairy farmer. Also slang for cockroach; Coldie, a cold can or stubby of beer, as in "crack a coldie" [16] Connie, a bus or train conductor, [17] a condom; Coota, Cootamundra, also barracouta [16] ‡Compo, compensation for being injured at work. Generally not used for other forms of compensation.
Two people were killed and 12 others were injured when an Australian interstate train derailed outside Melbourne on Thursday evening, police said. The train, which was traveling from Sydney, came ...