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‘to bang like a dunny door’: meaning and early occurrences

29th Jul 2022.Reading time 9 minutes.

Australia—also ‘to bang like a shithouse door’—used of an exceptional sexual partner—plays on two meanings of the verb ‘bang’: ‘to make a loud noise’ and ‘to have sexual intercourse’

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‘up to pussy’s bow’: meanings and origin

20th Nov 2020.Reading time 5 minutes.

Australia, 1944—to the greatest possible extent; sated with food—refers to a large floppy bow worn at the neck

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‘up to dolly’s wax’: meanings and origin

19th Nov 2020.Reading time 7 minutes.

Australia, 1909—to the greatest possible extent; sated with food—dolls used to have modelled wax heads with a neck shaped so that it could be sewn to a stuffed rag body

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