| 'P' |
| Pack
'em |
To be
frightened, timid |
| Pack
-to go to the- |
To collapse (in a figurative sense); to lose one's morale; to go
to pieces in the face of adversity |
| Paddo |
The
district of Paddington, Sydney |
Paddock |
Any fenced area of grazing land |
| Pakapoo
ticket |
Confusedly
or incomprehensibly marked |
| Pannikin |
An
enamel or metal cup |
| Pannikin
boss |
A
minor overseer |
| Paper
yabber |
Letter |
| Parcel |
A
rolled blanket within are wrapped personal effects, carried by a rural tramp or swagman |
| Park
the carcass |
To
sit down |
| Part
up -to- |
To pay |
| Pash
-to- |
To
kiss and cuddle |
| Pastoralist |
One
who lives by keeping sheep or cattle; any landowner engaged in a primary industry
involving the raising of stock |
| Patch
-on the- |
In
trouble |
Pea |
A racehorse that is being ridden to win |
| Pea
dodger |
A
bowler hat |
| Peacock
-to- |
To
select choice land in a district |
| Peanut
-a- |
An
Idiot |
| Peanutter |
A
person who grows peanuts |
| Pearl
-that's- |
That's
excellent; that's great; that's wonderful |
| Peb |
A
larrikin |
Pebble |
A person hard to control; a larrikin or street hoodlum |
| Peg |
Something
good or excellent eg "it's a peg" |
| Peg
-on the- |
In
trouble |
| Peg
-to- |
To
throw a stone |
| Penner |
A
station hand who confines sheep in woolshed pens at shearing time |
| Perform
-to- |
To
swear luridly; to give way to temper |
| Perish
-do a- |
To
suffer greatly from thirst, hunger or Destitution in the remote outback |
| Perk
-a- |
A
special privilege; to get something extra |
| Perk
-to- |
To
vomit |
| Perve
-to- |
In
Australian slang this word is almost exclusively applied to men. However, in spite of
unfavourable connotations given to the term abroad, its use here often involves no more
than watching a girl or woman in admiration eg "to perve at a girl" "to
extract pleasure from looking at her" |
| Peter |
A cash
register or till |
| Peter
peter |
A type
of cicada |
| Petrol |
Gasoline |
| Piccaninny |
Small;
an aboriginal baby or young child |
| Pick the eyes out of |
To select the best land in a grazing district |
| Picked
before he was ripe |
Said
of a person who is undersized or innocent |
Picker
up |
A station hand who gathers shorn fleeces in a woolshed; the man
who picks up the coins in two-up and calls them when they have fallen |
|
Pickle me Grandmother |
An expression used for the
word 'shit', going back to the days when kids were not allowed to use foul
language |
| Picnic
-this is a- |
To
have a great time |
| Picnic
-this is no- |
Any
unpleasant experience; a disagreeable and complicated task |
| Pie |
A
combination of wool-buyers |
| Pie at |
Expert
at |
| Pie
eater |
Contemptuous
term for a person; someone of no importance |
| Piebald
pony |
A
half caste aboriginal child |
| Piece
of cake -it's a- |
Anything
that can be achieved or completed easily |
| Piece
of piss -it's a- |
Something
that is very easy to be achieved |
| Pierced
dollar |
As for
holey dollar |
| Piffle |
Nonsense |
| Pig
islands |
New
Zealand |
| Pigs |
A
derisory or contemptuous exclamation eg "pig's arse" |
| Pigs
bum |
It's
wrong; I don't believe you |
|
Pigs Ear |
Beer |
| Piker |
A wild
bullock; a trickster or confidence man |
| Pilgrims |
The
first settlers in Canterbury, New Zealand |
| Pin
-to- |
To
have someone set; to have a grudge against |
| Pinch
it off |
Hurry
up |
| Pink
eye |
Ophthalmia
suffered by stock in the outback, sometimes by humans |
| Pipe |
A
scurrilous paper; a pasquinade lampooning high officials and well-known persons |
| Pirate |
A man
who picks up casual feminine company |
| Piss |
Beer |
| Pissant
around -to- |
To
waste time; dawdle; mess about |
| Pissed
as a parrot |
Very
drunk |
| Pissed
off -to be- |
To
be very angry; to be disappointed |
| Pit |
A
pocket |
| Placer |
A
sheep which attaches itself to a certain spot |
Plant
-to- |
To hide stolen cattle or horses |
| Platypussery |
A pen
or specially prepared area in which platypuses are kept |
Play the piano
-to- |
To run one's fingers over the backs of sheep to find the easiest
to shear |
| Playing
possum |
To
hide oneself; to keep something from someone |
| Plonk |
Cheap
wine |
| Plonk
down -to- |
To put
down heavily |
| Plonk out
-to- |
To pay; to distribute money |
| Plonkdot |
A wine
addict; a regular patron of a wine saloon |
Pluck |
A stone |
Pluck a brand |
To fake a new brand on stolen cattle or horses by pulling out the
hairs around the existing brand |
| Plug
hat |
A
bowler hat |
| Poached
egg |
A
yellow coloured "silent cop" placed at an intersection to guide traffic |
| Poddy
-a- |
A
hand fed calf, lamb or foal |
| Poddy
dodger -a- |
A
cattle rustler |
| Poddy
dodger |
A
person who steals unbranded calves |
| Point |
To
take an unfair advantage of a person; to loaf; to impose on; to malinger |
| Poke |
To hit
a person with the fist |
| Poke
borak at |
See
borak and mullock |
| Pokies |
Slot
machines |
| Pole
on |
To
impose on |
| Poled |
Stolen |
| Polers |
Horses
or bullocks harnessed alongside the pole of a waggon or dray |
| Poley |
A
de horned or hornless cow, bull or bullock |
| Polwarth |
An
Australian breed of sheep first developed in the 1880s |
| Pom |
An
English migrant to Australia |
| Pommie |
An
English migrant to Australia, often abbreviated to Pom; Pommie bastard is a frequent
combination |
| Pong |
A
Chinese; an unpleasant odour |
| Ponk |
A
stench |
| Pony |
A 5
oz. glass of beer |
| Poo
tickets |
Toilet
paper |
| Pood |
An
effeminate male |
| Poofter |
A male
homosexual |
| Poon |
A
lonely, somewhat crazy dweller in the outback |
| Poon
up -to- |
To
dress in ostentatious fashion |
| Poor
as a bandicoot |
Extremely
poor |
| Poor
man's diggings |
Alluvial
gold deposits |
| Pop |
An
attempt; a trial eg "give him a pop" |
| Poque |
A
purse; a pocket |
| Port
Phillip wool |
High
quality
wool produced in Victoria |
| Possie |
A
place or position |
| Possum |
A
trickster's victim |
| Possum
guts |
A
coward; a weakling |
| Possum
pad |
A
bush track; a road that is seldom used |
|
Possum Piss |
Another name for CRC and RP7 |
| Possum
up a gumtree -like a- |
Completely
happy |
| Post
and rails
tea |
Strong
billy tea |
| Postie
-the- |
The
person who delivers the mail |
| Pot
-a- |
A
glass of beer |
| Pot on
-to- |
To
betray a person; to focus blame on another |
| Pothole |
A
hole in the road surface |
| Power
point |
Electrical
outlet |
| Pozzie |
As for
possie |
| Prang
-a- |
A
car accident |
| Prat
one's frame in |
To
interfere; to butt in |
| Prawn |
Shrimp
Note:
No real Australian would ever say "put a shrimp on the barbie".
That's a yank invention, put into Paul Hogan's mouth |
| Prawn
-you are a raw- |
It's
easy to deceive you |
| Presbo |
A
Presbyterian |
| Pressie
-a- |
A
gift |
| Prince
Alberts |
Foot
or toe rags as worn by impoverished swagmen and other itinerants |
| Promote |
To
borrow or scrounge |
| Prop |
To
come to a sudden halt after travelling at a fast rate |
| Prophets
-the- |
Australian
settlers who went to Canterbury New Zealand in 1851 |
| Prossie |
A
prostitute |
| Protected
-to be- |
Phenomenally
lucky |
| Proverbial
-the- |
A bad
mistake; to meet one's Waterloo |
| Pub
-a- |
A
place to buy and drink alcohol; a bar |
| Pull
on |
To
undertake; a male reference to a woman to marry |
| Pull
the belt in |
Stop
spending your money |
| Pull
the weight |
To
meet a financial contingency |
| Pull
up stakes -to- |
To
leave |
| Pull
your head in |
Shut
up; mind your own business |
| Punisher |
A
person who talks at excessive length |
| Push |
A
gang, clique or social group |
Push the knot |
To carry a swag; to travel as a swagman |
Put the cleaners through |
To borrow from a person |
Put the nips in |
To ask someone for a loan |
| Putty
-up to- |
Worthless;
of no importance |
| Pyrmont
Yank |
As for
Woolloomooloo Yank |
