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Gwennie Started conversation Nov 20, 1999
Rage/to rage - party
Party pooper - someone who doesn't like to party or goes home early
Chunder - to be sick (especially after alchohol)
Draining the lizard - having a piss
Yabby - fresh water crayfish
Drives - drive-in movie
Rooter - cockerel
Greenie/s - ecological activist
These are submitted by my better half, who spent a couple of years fruit picking and with a travelling circus going round "Oz". There were a couple of others that I refused to type in my name as they were rather politcally incorrect!
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