अंग्रेज़ी किताबें जो «EMU-BOBBING» से संबंधित हैं
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emu-bobbing का उपयोग पता करें।
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Hence the activity, emu-bobbing. emu-bobbing, n. Picking up cigarette-ends and
other litter: Aus. soldiers': WW2. (B., 1943.) To do it, one bobs one's head as an
emu does. Hence also emuin'g, and emu parade, 'In the army, a parade to clean
...
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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
to pick things up off the ground, such as litter or kindling Australia, 7926 • He took
the heavy end of things, of course, but there were a lot of little jobs she took a
hand at for a few hours, picking up the lighter Sticks for burning Off - emu-
bObbing ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Kangaroo's Comments and Wallaby's Words: The Aussie Word Book
... sense of humor — emu-bobbing. It has nothing to do with emus, of course.
Farmers and developers clear land in Australia by burning off the scrub and trees
. Afterwards, branches and large twigs get left behind. So, the boss sends out the
...
There was a gang of five emu bobbing their heads curiously around the spotted
car. Sebastian stopped and stared as the sight struck him as surreal, four-foot-tall
birds clicking their heads around until all five were looking at him. To make the ...
A 'bush-basher' went along and knocked the suckers off trees which had been
ringbarked. A follow-up activity was 'emu-bobbing' which involved a team of men
walking slowly over the cleared land picking up the litter of wood and branches.
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Shadows of Anzac: An Intimate History of Gallipoli
The scouts spend much of the afternoon emu-bobbing through the scrub, coming
across few if any Turks, while above them, along the heights around Battleship
Hill and Baby 700, a battle has been raging for hours. By late afternoon it's clear ...
David Wayne Cameron, 2013
It had been parked on hard gravel for at least four or five days, and it was in a
heavy picnic use area, so they could not expect to isolate much positive evidence
. After emu-bobbing the surrounds for potential clues, they sent the constables to
...
We had a ration pack lunch at the road site with the Engineers and took a few
photographs of the kids and surroundings. To finish off the day, we spent from 5 -
6.00 pm fighting the war by emu bobbing in the transport compound for the new ...
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TOO YOUNG TO VOTE BUT OLD ENOUGH TO KILL
You could bet they would come up with some ridiculously stupidjob to do, like
Emu bobbing around the barracks or better still chipping the edges of the paths to
keep the grass from growing over them. Our section 2IC, Tiny, using his voice ...
... emu bobbing their heads curiously around the spotted car. Sebastian stopped
and stared as the sight struck him as surreal, four-foot-tall birds clicking their
heads around until all five were looking at him. To make the sight even more
surreal, ...
