6 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STARVE THE BARDIES!»
Discover the use of
starve the bardies! in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
starve the bardies! and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: ...
See barred dice. Bardia Bill. The 6-inch gun that, in 1941, bombarded Tobruk
pretty regularly: Services: 1941, then ob. (Granville.) Cf. Asiatic Annie. bardies.
See starve the bardies. bare-belly. 'A sheep without wool on its belly or inner
portions ...
Eric Partridge, Paul Beale, 1984
Here is the passage: Well, starve the bardies! Any poor choom who takes a squiz
at the new Pocket Oxford Dictionary doesn't have a Buckley's. Talk about
stonkering the poms; fossick about in the last thirty pages and you'll want to drop
your ...
3
Australian Aboriginal words in English: their origin and meaning
There is an idiom, starve the bardies! which, like 'stone the crows' or 'starve the
lizards', is an exclamation of surprise or disgust. bogong /botjgon/ Formerly
bugong. Now usually called bogong moth. [Ngarigo, which was spoken from ...
Robert M. W. Dixon, William Stanley Ransom, Mandy Thomas, 1990
4
Chambers Pardon My English!
... in seafaring actuality ('timbers' refers to the planks making up a wooden ship)
snakes alive the origin of this apparently meaningless expression is unknown
starve the bardies an Australian expression (bardies are a kind of insect grub)
stone ...
5
Merry Gentlemen and One Lady
... of time here in Brisbane, conferring with "El Supremo," General Mac- Arthur. My
day brightened: I could see some grand slams ahead. I was telling Kip about my
assignment when I heard behind me a loud, hoarse voice: "Starve the bardies ...
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Ridge and the River: A Taut Account of Jungle Warfare
"Australian war Classic Presented by E.E.(Weary) Dunlop.
T. A. G. Hungerford, 2003
