10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COCKY'S JOY»
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
1945 Extended from a conventional 'cock's crow', playing on cocky (a small-scale
farmer). cocky's joy noun 1 golden syrup or treacle Australia, 1902 • Honest
selectors, on the other hand, were traditionally supposed to live almost entirely
on ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Australian Agriculture: Its History and Challenges
Tradition has it that their main meal in later colonial times consisted chiefly of salt
meat, potatoes and pumpkin stewed in a camp oven all day,139 with damper and
golden syrup (cocky's joy) for pudding, and no fruit at all. Tasmanian jam was ...
“That's golden syrup, the old cocky's joy,” he said. I was getting right into, this
cocky's joy, it was real good tucker. It was made from sugar cane, Mike told me. I'
d seen paddocks full of cane, like corn with no cobs. You wouldn't think you could
...
4
In the Land of the Magic Pudding: A Gastronomic Miscellany
If you have never tried a mug of post-and-rail tea with a slice of damper liberally
spread with 'cocky's joy' you have missed one of life's greatest pleasures. There
are, incidentally, few things more Australian than damper with 'cocky's joy', which
...
5
Ducks Crossing and the Secret Shadow
You fill the hole with Golden Syrup and then it's called Cocky's Joy.” “But a
cocky's a parrot,” said Meg. “Some cockies are parrots,” said Alison, “and some
farmers are called cockies. They all look for water.” Lily said, “There's no Golden
Syrup ...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Ex S.E. cock's crow. cocky's joy. Treacle. See cockies' joy. cocky's string. Fencing
wire: Aus.: C.20. (B., 1943.) 'Because, on farms, fencing wire is used to repair
things' (B.P.). coco-nut (here, as in S.E., erroneously cocoa-nut); sol., coker-nut.
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Substance Use Among Women: A Reference and Resource Guide
... bob, boilermaker, booze, bracer, brew, brewer's fizzle, Brian O'Flinn, Brian O'
Linn, Brian O'Lynn, bush girlfriend, cat's water, cheerer, cheerer-upper, chit-chat,
clap of thunder, cocktail, cocky's joy, cold one, cooler, corker, courage in a bottle,
...
Louis A. Pagliaro, Anne Marie Pagliaro, 2013
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang
cocky's joy , see COCKIES' JOY. coconut (here, as in S.E., erroneously cocoa-nut
); sol., coker-nut. The head: mainly boxing: from ca 1830. Ainsworth. cf. BOCO,
and U.S. coco(a). coco(a)nut, have no milk in the . To lack brains; to be silly, even
...
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Looking for the Phoenix: A Memoir
Chiefly he remembered the quantities of white bread liberally spread with golden
syrup, the celebrated colonial 'cocky's joy'. He would eat neither brown bread,
perhaps out of a revulsion from the black bread of his childhood, nor beetroot, ...
William Hosking Oliver, 2002
10
Tiddas Talking Business
... near rubbish dumps (out of sight out of mind) really, monthly rations of flour,
sugar, '- “Koori” is an Aboriginal language term meaning “Aboriginal,” used in
southeast Australia. tea, and golden syrup (cocky's joy) plain flour, and
sometimes.
3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COCKY'S JOY»
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cocky's joy is used in the context of the following news items.
Vic Boardman dies aged 93
In 1986 he was conducted the 'Drover's Camp' at the Show, cooking damper and serving billy tea with 'Cocky's Joy'. Mr Boardman was given ... «The Daily Telegraph, Jun 15»
11 Incredible Flatbreads From Around the World
This bread from the outback was often eaten with a simple gold-colored syrup combining cane sugar and water called “cocky's joy” (seriously), ... «The Daily Meal, May 14»
The 50th anniversary of 'My Brother Jack'
Reassuringly, however, his voice (frequently to be heard on the national airwaves) had an Aussie accent as thick as cocky's joy. His novel, on the other hand, ... «The Monthly, Apr 14»
