10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ROUGH AS BAGS»
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Shadows of Anzac: An Intimate History of Gallipoli
R. Austin, As Rough as Bags: the history of the 6th Battalion, lst AIF, 1914-1919,
Slouch Hat Publications, Victoria, 1992, p. 118. Ibid. Ibid., pp. 119-20. H. Bennett,
'German Officers' Trench: 6th Bn.'s Attack', Reveille, August1932, p. 10. Legg ...
David Wayne Cameron, 2013
2
The Dublin University Magazine
What need of words? Itook the side of Thonelagee at a killing pace, (for it is as
rough as bags, and quags, and crags, and snaggs, can make it-a horrid heavy
piece of ground as ever man travelled;) and long before I came in sight of Loch
Ouler ...
3
Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
US informal let the cat out of the bag: see CAT. mixed bag: see MIXED. pack your
bag: see PACK. rough as bags: see ROUGH. bait fish or cut bait: see FISH. rise to
the bait: see RISE. baker a baker's dozen thirteen. o This expression arose ...
Of course, a lot of the governesses are rough as bags. Some of them have been
nice-enough girls, but stuck out in quarters on their own or with the house staff,
too close to the single men's quarters, well, that's asking for trouble. Or else they ...
5
An Australian Dictionary for North Americans
A stiff drink of any kind of liquor. Sometimes used in the sense of "hair of the dog
that bit you." rota n. [roh-tuh] A roster; a list of duties or obligations. rotten adj.
Drunk. rough as bags exp. Crude, uncouth. rough end of the pineapple, to get
exp.
'The O'Shea boys are a bit younger than you, Ben. I'm telling you, I've heard them
swearing and cursing when they're yarding cattle - rough as bags they are when
they don't think anyone's listening. And they've got no respect for the ringers.
Barbara Hartmann King, 2006
7
Under the Mulga: A Bush Memoir
I got to like old Charlie but, of course, he was a rough as bags old bushman. He
asked some of us to give him a hand to muster and brand his cattle one time. '
Camp over here with me — I got plenty of horses so don't bother bringing any —
just ...
She playswith the boys and whendoing itis as rough as bags. She remembered
the first day when the children were playing a gameof rounders. Mary Grace/
Siobhan/Mary Jane/Kitty joined in with vigour andwhen sheslid through the dust
and ...
9
To Win the Battle: The 1st Australian Division in the Great ...
85. M Lincoln, 'Bessell-Browne, Alfred Joseph (1877—1947)', ADB, Vol. 7, pp.
279—80; Bean, AOH, vol. I, p. 58. Bean, AOH, Vol. I, p. 86; Austin, As Rough as
Bags, p. 385; Austin, Cobbers in Khaki, p. 5. 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44
NOTES ...
Robert C. Stevenson, 2013
10
Colonial and Postcolonial Fiction: An Anthology
"They're rough as bags," Lummy explained. "I don't care," Meg Hogben assured.
Nothing on earth could make her care — was it more, or was it less? She walked
giddily behind him, past a rusted fuel,stove, over a field of deathly feltex. Or ran ...
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ROUGH AS BAGS»
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rough as bags is used in the context of the following news items.
Port Stephens Now and Then
"He is everything I'm not," says Stinker, "I'm as rough as bags; I can go out and collect the raw materials, but when it comes to polishing it up and presenting it, ... «ABC Online, Sep 13»
Yanks stonkered by Aussie lingo
A man can be a dag (a cutup) or rough as bags (a tough guy) but if he sticks with the mob he's all right. "One note of caution about seemliness on the Sabbath. «Courier Mail, Jan 11»
