10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AUSTRALIAN SALUTE»
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Australian salute in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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1
The Lingo Dictionary: Of Favourite
Australian Words and Phrases
Also known as the little Aussie battler. Aussie salute or Australian salute The
constant practice of brushing away flies from your face with your hand and arm.
Also called the Barcoo salute. average Typical Australian understatement that
doesn't ...
2
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
9, 1998 Australian salute noun a hand-movement brushing flies away from the
face AUSTRALIA, 1972 • As you constantly brush away flies from around your
face, you are doing the great Australian salute— John Blackman, The Aussie
Slang ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
3
Flag and Nation: Australians and their national flags since 1901
... church and state), teachers or parents, nor was a flag mentioned, though South
Australia had always insisted on the Union Jack (figure 3.11), supplying one to
public schools erecting a flagpole.22 The change in the South Australian salute ...
4
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Australian salute, the. 'The movement of the hand in brushing away flies' (Wilkes):
Aus.: later C.20. Australian surfing and Australian later C.20 underworld terms.
See Appendix. Australorp. The Australian 'utility type of Black Orpington fowl' (B.,
...
5
Memoirs of a German Boyhood: The Wehrmacht and the ...
By walking the streets, I learned very soon the meaning of the great Australian
Salute. It is a one-handed swipe across the face in order to remove the persistent
bush flies. they decided in millions that human faces are a nice area to frequent.
6
Life in the Treetops: Adventures of a Woman in Field Biology
The act of swatting flies away from one's face was jokingly referred to as the
Australian Salute. We all engaged in serious renditions of this hand waving as
we tried to keep these Diptera out of our drinks and our chicken. I am sure my
digestive ...
7
Aussie Slang Dictionary
... players to leap and catch it. The Grand Final in Melbourne each September
attracts almost 100 000 spectators! 'Carn the Mighty Lions!' . . . (primitive Aussie
footy chant). Australian salute The constant movement of one's hand required to.
Always those damn infuriating flies that swarm on anything living and make life
most unpleasant. The famous Australian salute originated many years before we
arrived on this continent." Red waved his hand across his face to demonstrate.
9
Skyhooks: A Bootstrapper's Guide to Finding a Job
Which brings me to the “Great Australian Salute” which means swatting flies. The
story goes that there are so many flies in Australia because of the vast herds of
livestock on which flies live off their droppings. I am sure you've seen pictures of ...
... Australian Salute. But the toughest part, Tarter says, was the search itself. "The
romanticism went out of this, in some sense, a long time ago. This is hard work.
We're bringing up new technology in an environment where our support base is ...
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AUSTRALIAN SALUTE»
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Australian salute is used in the context of the following news items.
Down under, a couple's close encounters with the pouched kind
... swarms of flies, we would learn that the motion of waving your hand in front of your face to keep flies at bay is known as an “Australian salute. «Washington Post, Apr 15»
India in Australia: Stepping into cricket's cauldron
The first thing you learn as you take a free ride on the city buses and land at the gates of the WACA is the Western Australian salute-the ... «The Indian Express, Jan 15»
The life of a fly: Why summer's a beach for flies and mosquitoes
"They're responsible for that famous Australian salute," Mr Peters said. Advertisement. "Bush flies are attracted to sweat. The reason for this is ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Jan 15»
East Perth warehouse home to Australia's first bourbon-style whisky …
By law, bourbon must be produced in the USA, so Whipper Snapper promises to create an “Australian salute to bourbon” with corn from ... «Perth Now, Apr 14»
Aussie flies are dung and dusted thanks to French beetles' bon appetit
THE great Australian salute may become less common in NSW thanks to two tiny beetles from the other side of the world. Bushflies use cow ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 12»
Rupert Murdoch's 80
Satan did the Australian salute to chase the gathering bush flies from his face. He felt a coldness in the young man's eyes, which surprised ... «Slate Magazine, Mar 11»
