10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JIMMY WOODSER»
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Henry Lawson. THE OLD JIMMY WOODSER THE old Jimmy Woodser comes int-
o the bar, Unwelcomed, unnoticed, unknown, Too old and too odd to be drunk
with, by far; And he glides to the end where the lunch baskets are And they say ...
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Resurrection and Reclamation
JIMMY WOODSER AND THE LAsT TASMANIAN TIGER In a journal, Colson had
a picture of a Tasmanian tiger, and under the picture he'd written, “Don't shoot, I'm
the last one.” Something tells me that journal entry inspired this work.
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
13, 2003 Jimmy Woodser noun a person drinking alone at a public bar; a drink
taken alone AUSTRALIA From Jimmy Wood, the name of the protagonist in the
eponymous song by Australian poet Barcroft Boake (1892). The song originally ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Cf. Jimmy Woodser. Johnny Woodser. Aus. and NZ var. of Jimmy Woodser, q.v.
Cf. Johnny Warder, 2. Johnny's. A doss-house: Aus. servicemen's: WW2. B., 1943
. Johnson. Abbr. Jack Johnson, q.v.: 1916, Wipers Times, 12 Feb. 'The Johnsons.
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
... breaking into safesUS, 1949 Jimmy White noun shite(inall senses). Rhyming
slang, formed from UK snooker playerJimmy 'Whirlwind'White. (b.1962) UK, 2003
Jimmy Woodser nouna person drinking alone atapublic bar; a drink taken alone.
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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The Lingo Dictionary: Of Favourite Australian Words and Phrases
Jimmy Woodser A person who drinks alone in a bar. jingoes An exclamation of
surprise. Often used as by jingoes. jism Semen. Also spelt gism, jissom and
jizzom. Shortened to jizz. Joan of Arc Rhyming slang for shark. job 1. To hit or
punch ...
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Dictionary of Americanisms, Briticisms, Canadianisms and ...
jimmy Br. col. an act of urinating. jimmygrant Aus. sl. immigrant. Jimmy Woodser
Aus. col. a person who drinks alone or a drink on one's own. jingle Aus.
twowheeled wagon. jingle 1.Am.telephone call: I got ajinglefrom Gert today. R.A.
Spears.
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Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang
John Ayto, John Simpson. jar jarhead jasper jaunty java jaw jaw-bone Jimmy
Woodser a solitary drinker jig jigaboo jig-a-jig jigger jiggeredJimmy. area where
one side or another may at any sudden moment 'jap' an unwary alien (1958).
John Ayto, John Simpson, 2010
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Up and Down the Real Australia: Autobiographical Articles ...
That wouldn't last Jimmy Woodser a day, let alone Hampshire!” This so worried
One-Spur Dick that he insisted on signing another chit for five pounds, and he
urged the bookkeeper to dispatch the money first thing the following morning.
DA VI D DA VIES Stale President Queensland Young Liberal Movement
Brisbane Qld Jimmy Woodser Ron Saw is not the only Bulletin scribe to recollect
Jimmy Woodser. According to Sidney J. Baker's book, The Australian Language,
one ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «JIMMY WOODSER»
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Pig's ear at beer o'clock, anyone?
Steam drinkers were likely to be "Jimmy Woodsers", to drink Jimmy Woodsers, or to "drink with the flies", all the equivalent of drinking alone. «The Dominion Post, Mar 09»
