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The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional ...
77, 1972 . poke mullock at to deride someone; to make fun of someone
AUSTRALIA, 1916 • MULLOCK, TO POKE - To deride. —Gilbert H. Lawson. A
Dictionary of Australian Words and Terms, 1924 • I heard what you said when
you grabbed ...
Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, 2006
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Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms
1989 Basile Kerblay Gorbachev's Russia They used to poke fun at his boorish
ways. poke mullock at: see MULLOCK. poke your bib in: see stick your bib in at
BIB. poke your nose into take an intrusive interest in; pry into. informal poke your
oar ...
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Wordbook of Australian Idiom: Aussie Slang
... this cove' mulga Mulga bush or outback— 'They live out in the mulga' mulga
mad An eccentric that has lived too long in desolation— 'This old cove has mulga
madness' mullock, to poke mullock at T0 deride, mock— 'Don't poke mullock at ...
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Oxford Thesaurus of English
... Amer. informal goof on, rag on, put on, pull someone's chain, razz, fun, shuck;
Austral. /NZ informal poke mullock at, poke borak at, sling off at, chiack; Brit.
vulgar slang take the piss out of; archaic make sport of, twit, quiz, smoke, flout at,
rally.
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Chembers 21 Century Dictionary
poke mullock at someone colhq to mock or ridicule them. See also POKE BORAK
AT SOMEONE at BORAK. © 1 4c. from obsolete or dialect mull dust. multi- /'mAlli/
or (before a vowel) mult- prefix, denoting many D multicoloured. © From Latin ...
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The Lingo Dictionary: Of Favourite Australian Words and Phrases
Also poke mullock at. pokies Poker machines. pole on To bludge on others.
Someone who is good at this is a poler. poley cup A cup that has lost its handle.
Poley is a rural term for hornless cattle. pollie Slang for a politician. Pollyanna A
girl ...
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Colour Oxford Thesaurus
NZ informal poke mullock at. 2laugh something off dismiss, make a joke of, make
light of, shrug off, brush aside, scoff at; informal pooh- pooh. laughter noun 1 the
laughter subsided: laughing, chuckling, chortling, guffawing, giggling, tittering, ...
Oxford Dictionaries,, Maurice Waite, 2011
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The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and ...
poke mullock at to deride someone; to make fun of someone AUSTRALIA, 1916 .
< poke squid (of a male) to have sex US, 1982 poked adjective exhausted NEW
ZEALAND, 1978 pokee noun the vagina. Children's vocabulary TRINIDAD AND ...
Terry Victor, Tom Dalzell, 2007
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Oxford Dictionary of English
phrases poke mullock at Austral./NZ informal ridicule (someone). – origin late
Middle English: diminutive of earlier mul 'dust, rubbish', from Middle Dutch.
mulloway /ˈmʌləweɪ/ 7noun a large edible fast- swimming predatory fish of
Australian ...
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Melbourne on My Mind: A Series of Radio Talks from the ...
"Let's poke mullock at that silly cow, Wilson, the giggling geezer! "Goes to church
with kid gloves, Eton Collar and a bum-freezer! "Yes Mister, I mean Sir, lives
down the Street, about six doors, '"ouse wive the big green gate — next ter Fanny
...
Ken Taylor, Keith Dunstan, 1976
