| 'J' |
Jack |
A policeman or detective; nickname for a kookaburra; a
double headed penny |
| Jack
Rice couldn't jump over |
Considerable
ready money; a large roll of banknotes |
| Jack
shay |
A tin
quart pot used for boiling water or cooking in the bush or outback |
| Jack
Smithers |
A lone
drink or a lone drinker |
| Jack
the painter |
Strong
bush tea |
| Jack
up -to- |
To
refuse to proceed with something |
| Jackass
-a laughing- |
A
kookaburra |
| Jacked
off |
to
be tired
of; to be fed up with |
| Jackeroo |
A
station hand who is being trained for managerial status |
| Jacko |
A
kookaburra |
| Jacky |
An
aboriginal male |
| Jacky
Howe |
A
short-sleeved shirt favoured by shearers |
| Jacky
raw |
A new
chum |
| Jaffle
-a- |
A
toasted sandwich |
| Jagging
-go- |
To
make a social visit with the aim of gossiping |
| Jake
-she's- |
A
phrase meaning everything is ok eg "She's Jake, mate" |
| Jaked
-it's- |
It's
broken |
| Jamberoo |
A
lively party |
| Jar |
A pint
of beer |
| Jarrah
jerker |
A
timber getter in Western Australia |
| Jelly |
Gelignite |
| Jerry
-to- |
To
understand; to realise |
| Jewey |
A
jewfish; a Jew lizard |
| Jiffy
-see you in a- |
See
you shortly |
| Jim |
The
sum of £ 1 |
| Jimmy |
An
immigrant |
| Jimmy
Woodser |
A
solitary drink; a solitary drinker |
| Jingos
-by- |
Expression
of wonder |
| Job
-to- |
To hit
with the fist |
| Jocks |
Male
underwear |
| Joe |
A
police trooper; a penny; a snake |
| Joe
Blake |
Term
used in rhyming for snake |
| Joe!
Joe Joe! Joey! |
Cries
of warning once widely used on goldfields to notify the approach of troopers |
| Joes |
Melancholy
feelings |
Joey |
A baby kangaroo, also the young of other marsupials; a young
child; a minor lie or evasion; a threepenny bit; something worthless; a fraud |
| Joey
-wood and water- |
A
handyman on a station homestead |
| John |
A
policeman; a Chinese |
| John
hop |
A
policeman |
| John
-the- |
The
toilet |
| Johnny
cake |
A
small damper baked in the embers of a fire |
| Johnny
Warder |
A lone
drinker |
| Jollop |
Strong
liquor |
| Jonah
-to- |
To
ruin; to hinder; to bring misfortune |
| Jonnick |
Right;
correct; honest |
| Jumbuck |
A
sheep |
| Jump
out -the- |
The
beginning of some activity |
| Jump
up |
A
mixture of flour and water boiled into paste with sugar; a sudden rise in country
encountered on an outback journey |
| Jumper |
A
woollen top; sweater |
| Junker |
A
large conveyance with four wheels for transporting logs |
| Just
quietly |
Confidentially
between you and me |
