| 'R' |
| Rabbit |
A
bottle of beer |
| Rack
off |
Your
presence is no longer required |
Rafferty's rules |
No rules at all. Applied to any system, organisation or contest
run in a slipshod or irregular manner |
| Rag
-the- |
The
newspaper |
| Rager |
A
wild, unruly bullock that causes disturbance in a stockyard |
| Raker |
To
fall heavily |
| Ram |
A
trickster's confederate |
| Ram
struck
mutton |
Tough
meat from old ewes past breeding |
| Rapt
-being- |
Being
happy |
| Raspberrylander |
A
Tasmanian |
| Ratbag |
An
eccentric person; a foolish person |
| Raw
prawn -come the- |
To
attempt to deceive or hoodwink someone |
| Razoo |
A
non-existent coin. Used negatively as in "I haven't got a razoo" |
| Razorbacks |
Cattle
that are lean and scraggy |
| Ready |
A
swindle or conspiracy |
| Ready
up -to- |
To tip
off; to put someone wise |
| Reckon |
Used
as a term, if one is not 100% sure about something eg "I reckon it's
like this" "Do you reckon that's right" |
| Red
'arry |
A £
10 note |
| Red
centre -the- |
The
central area of Australia |
| Red
ned |
Cheap
red wine |
| Red
steer -a- |
A
bushfire |
| Redeye |
A type
of cicada |
| Reds |
Fleas |
Reef off |
To take money from a person; to extract large sums of money from
someone |
Reffo |
A refugee from Europe who,
just before or just after World War II, settled in Australia |
| Rellies |
Relatives |
| Remittance
man |
A
Briton living in Australia on money sent to him more or less regularly from his country |
| Removalist |
A
person or firm engaging in the shifting of household or business effects |
| Ribuck |
Correct;
genuine |
| Ridge |
Satisfactory;
genuine; approved |
| Ridgy
didge -it's- |
Satisfactory;
genuine; approved; the truth |
| Right
oil |
Correct
information; the true facts |
| Rightio |
Yes;
ok; that's enough, break it down |
| Righto |
Yes;
ok; that's enough, break it down |
| Ring |
The
scene of operations of a two-up school or the school itself |
| Ring a
shed |
To
shear the largest number of sheep in a shearing shed; to be the best Shearer in the shed |
| Ring
dollar |
As for
holey dollar |
| Ring
in -a- |
Something
or someone that does not belong where it is; a fake |
| Ring
of |
A
remarkably alike person |
| Ring
one's tail |
To
submit; give in; reveal timidity |
| Ringer
-a- |
The
fastest Shearer in a shearing shed; a person of outstanding competence in a job; a
stockman |
| Ringie |
The
keeper of a two-up school |
| Ringin
-a- |
An
imposter |
| Ringneck |
A
jackeroo |
| Ringtail |
A
coward |
| Ripper
-a- |
A
word of approval eg "Your new car is a ripper" |
| Ripsnorter
-it's a- |
It's
great; it's amazing |
| Riverina |
A
shilling |
| Road
train -a- |
A
truck, pulling multiple trailers; mainly used to cross the outback |
| Roaring
horsetails |
The
Aurora Australis |
| Rock
hopper |
A
person who fishes from rocks on a sea coast |
| Rocking
horse manure |
A
term used for any non-existent commodity |
| Rocky |
A rock
wallaby; a rockmelon |
| Rod in
pickle |
Said
of a good racehorse that is being held for a certain win |
| Roll
-go and have a- |
Go to
the devil; go away |
| Roll
up |
An
assembly or gathering; the number of people attending a meeting |
| Roo |
A
Kangaroo |
| Root
-to- |
To
have sex
Note:
Some advise to my Yank readers. Don't root while in Australia. If you want
to tell someone which football team etc, you are supporting .... the right
word to use is
"I barrack' ..... don't say "I root"
|
| Rooted
-get- |
Go to
blazes |
| Rooted
-I am- |
I
am very tired |
| Ropeable |
Violently
angry; savagely ill tempered |
| Rort |
A
dodge, scheme or racket; a lively drunken party; an orgy |
| Rosella |
A
sheep that has lost part of its wool |
| Rotten |
Drunk |
| Rotten
form -how's your- |
How
lucky you are |
| Rough
-a bit- |
Unreasonable;
unfair |
| Rough
as bags |
Unpolished,
crude, coarse |
| Rough
on |
Hard
or severe towards a person |
| Rough
up |
A
fight; a street brawl |
| Roughy |
An
example of sharp dealing or victimisation |
| Rouse
on |
To
upbraid a person |
| Rouseabout |
A
handyman on a station |
| Roziner |
A
strong alcoholic drink |
| Rubber
-a- |
An
eraser |
| Rubberdy |
A
hotel |
| Rug |
A £ 1
note |
| Rug
up -to- |
To
dress in very warm clothes |
| Run |
A
station; a large area of grazing land |
| Run a sheep |
To shear a sheep's fleece near the top, leaving the thick base
wool intact |
| Run
-get the- |
To be dismissed from employment |
Run rings around |
To defeat someone soundly in any contest of skill or intelligence |
Run the rabbit |
To secure liquor, often illegally
eg after hours |
| Runabouts |
Cattle allowed to graze freely |
Runs
-the- |
Diarrhoea |
Russians |
Wild horses or wild cattle |
