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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
134, 1995 ▻ not worth a cracker entirely worthless Australia, 1941 • 'He's got
guts, anyway,' said Sayers. 'I didn't think he was worth a Cracker.' —Gavin Casey,
It's Harder for Girls, p. 126, 1941 • Circumstantial evidence isn't worth a cracker in
...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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The Lingo Dictionary: Of Favourite Australian Words and Phrases
... for sheep stations A game that is not as important as some would make out. not
the full quid Someone who is stupid or a bit silly. Also not the sharpest tool in the
shed. not worth a cracker To be worth little or nothing. Also not worth a bumper, ...
I saw these people every day when I was in local government and they are not
worth a cracker. It's the great Australian economic disease: distorting investment
decisions by rewarding the quick gains of property development, while punishing
...
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Imaginary Neighbors: Mediating Polish-Jewish Relations After ...
... knew who were the Jews. When we queued up for bread they pointed us out.
And the other Poles joined in.” By May 1940 the ghetto wall was closed. For
Rosenberg, Rumkowski was a bobbe-myseh (a nonsense), “not worth a cracker.
Dorota Glowacka, Joanna Zylinska, 2007
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Business of Share Trading: From Starting Out to Cashing in ...
All tactics are fine in theory, but they are not worth a cracker if you do not have the
discipline to put theory into practice, or if you immediately give up and abandon
all hope at the first sign of trouble. If you still dismiss this chapter as irrelevant, ...
Giving us the reason for Ned's circumstances, and warning us against sloth, Mum
emphasized he's not worth a cracker, never done a decent day's work in his life.
Ma bustled out, wiping her hands on her apron, to greet us, Merry Christmas ...
Leone Lillian Healy, 2008
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Nick Enright: An Actor's Playwright
For example, 'Once in a Blue Moon' captures a host of Australian expressions: “
yacker”, “not worth a cracker”, “chuck it”, “mozzies”, “Hay and Hell and Booligal”.
But the idiom also suggests a whole narrative of the travelling life by clever ...
Anne Pender, Susan Lever, 2008
“It's not worth a cracker, Jase, and you know it!” And virtually overnight, the
Gaming Lounge at Northbrook Country Club becomes ominously deserted.
Except for old George, busy plying the Nile. “Where's everyone gone?” I ask the
manager.
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Four of Diamonds: An Australian's Journey
It was said that Atherton “could buy half of Cairns,” and that Jackie was “not worth
a cracker, except on a horse.” But they had grown up together in the tough
country west of the tableland, and they were close in a way unusual for the Alan ...
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Other Times: The Life and Work of Max Fatchen
... the paper carried 'Chinese blessing not worth a cracker' and the unforgettable '
Troops “Pine to see Australian girl”' (Australian occupation troops and airmen in
japan are pining for the sight of an Australian girl, according to IWzrrant Oflicer .
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President Obama's nuclear 'deal' with Iran not worth a cracker
SOME 47 Republican senators publicly wrote to the Iranian leadership to tell it not to set too much store by any deal it gets from President ... «The Australian, 三月 15»
Politics Live: February 25, 2015
If I met him I would turn my back on him and walk away...such is the dis respect I have for the man. He is not worth a cracker in my eyes. I can't ... «Sydney Morning Herald, 二月 15»
LLS boss revealed
The word 'MERIT' used by this Government that you seem to be a spokesperson for daveo is not worth a cracker. The word merit now has a ... «The Land Newspaper, 九月 13»
Premier's pay will rival Obama's
He's not worth a cracker. I notice too how he hid away from scrutiny whilst his shady front bench fielded questions. What staggers me more than ... «Brisbane Times, 七月 13»
Activist off to Switzerland to be lone voice at Xstrata AGM
Free websites are not worth a cracker... The trip overseas would well and truely cover a half decent website that would create interest in her ... «Rockhampton Morning Bulletin, 五月 13»
Pilbara rail lines thrown open
... forget all the excavators, forget everything else, without that link between the iron ore mines and the port, the iron ore is not worth a cracker.". «ABC Online, 六月 10»
