10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «COME A GUTSER»
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
53, 1998 2 a heavy fall Australia, 1918 Usually in the phrase 'come a gutser'.
Variants include 'gutzer' and 'gusta'. • That slacked the chain Prindy took a flying
leap over the ledge. He probably wouldn't have heard Coon-Coon yell, 'You ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Esp. come a gutser,. to come a 'cropper'. Fig. from ca. 1914, but in WW1 applied
esp. to a fall from an aeroplane and to a sharp rebuff or disappointment (F. 81 G).
—2. A 'greedy-guts': NZ: since ca. 1910. Jean Devanney, Bushman Burke, 1930.
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
British informal 0 Gyp may be a dialect contraction of geeup, a word of command
used to urge a horse to move faster, the connection being that, in gutser this
phrase, whatever is giving someone gyp is come a gutser suffer a failure or
defeat.
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
... noun 1 a person who eats a great deal NEW ZEALAND, 1998. 2 a heavy fall.
Usually in the phrase 'come a gutser'. Variants include 'gutzer' and 'gusta'
AUSTRALIA, 1918 . < come a gutser to come undone; to fail miserably
AUSTRALIA, ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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The Oxford Dictionary of Idioms
come a gutser suffer a failure or defeat. informal Gutser (also spelled gutzer) is
explained in Fraser and Gibbons' Soldier and Sailor Words (1925) as 'pre-war
slang, and an old term among Scottish boys for falling flat on the water in diving, ...
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The Godzone Dictionary: Of Favourite New Zealand Words and ...
The word originally referred to that kind of an accidental fall in which someone
landed flat on their stomach, and so 'came a gutser'. Any noticeably significant
failure of, say, a business or a project, can be said to have come a gutser. gyp
See ...
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Understanding Australian English : An Essential Guide to ...
Come a gutser- To have an accident or get something very wrong. “By not
understanding the internal politics in the organization, Jack came a gutser and
lost his job.” Come good– Something which was not working now is. Can refer to
...
Gutser, Come a: See 'Come a gutser'. Guyver: Make-believe. Gyp, To: To cheat.
Haggle (n.): One who haggles (qv). Haggle (v.): Bargain; talk the price down. Hair
of the dog: Alcoholic beverage taken to relieve a hangover. Half a mo: Please ...
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Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
2. stomach upset. gutser/ come a gutser Aus., NZ. col. 1. fall while you're walking
or running. 2.fail atsmth. gutted Br. col.1.devastated, shattered: After all
thoseyears justno. I was gutted. T. Thorne. 2.very tired. gutter outAm. become
gradually ...
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An Asperger Dictionary of Everyday Expressions
Come a gutser Means the same as come a cropper* Come a purler Means the
same as come a cropper. Come across (1) Move from one group to another (e.g. '
he has come across from their group to ours'). (2) Discover (e.g. 'I was searching
...
Ian Stuart-Hamilton, 2004
7 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «COME A GUTSER»
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come a gutser is used in the context of the following news items.
GALLERY: Passion for mud racing reduces disappointment
COME A GUTSER: Local mud racer Stewart Smith in his modified landcruiser Fat Guts. Smith blew a differential on a hot lap and missed the ... «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, May 15»
The circle of vineyard life
PHILIP WHITE OPINION | The season, as they say, has broken – cracked, smashed, come a gutser, in mud. Beautiful gentle soaking rain is ... «InDaily, May 15»
NRL Power Rankings: Round 24 - Stone the crows, the Roosters are …
... that young man, Potter, who did a good job dragging this team up the ladder before injuries made their final-five campaign come a gutser. 16. «Sydney Morning Herald, Aug 14»
Thursday, September 27
Victor, a young unemployed dude from the seething banlieue burbs of grey Paree, has come a gutser on his motorbike while stoned and, as a ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Sep 12»
'What is there to be afraid of?'
Optimistic entrepreneurs who come a gutser pick themselves up and try again, as do cheerful scientists whose experiments have failed. «Sunday Star Times, Feb 11»
The 10 election promises we want to hear
Of course, a politician can call an early election and come a gutser – National's Robert Muldoon did so in 1984 – but he still shouldn't have the ... «Sunday Star Times, Feb 11»
Fiona Connolly, we want your gym photographs
I reckon she'll come a gutser,” says someone else entirely. Connolly's decision to run the Therese Rein images should be seen in the context of ... «Crikey, Jun 09»
