Words you don't hear very often any more

[Vic Jefferies]

Dinkum;
Cove; (as in fellow)
Cobber;
Grouse; ( good, great)
Bludger;
Waddy (a club or to hit with)
Port (suitcase)
Gladstone bag;
Dover; (knife)
Coke (fuel for heating)
Grouter (come in on the .....)
Gross (twelve dozen)
Scullery (attached to a kitchen)

Vic

[mummsie]

Dripping [fat collected from the Sunday roast, served on bread]

[Dave Smith]

Zodrae right on those are the ones we miss the most.

Thanks for posting that and Please keep posting good stuff.

TTFN

[william williams]

Banjo and I don’t mean Paterson (shovel)
Mad Mick (pick)
Shall ay ley (walking Stick)
Bowyangs (cord or string to stop grass seeds and dust from rising up into your crutch
Cockies joy (treacle)
I’ll be humping me Blue ( I’ll be leaving)
Swindler (some one feathering their nest)
Me best bib and tucker
Swinging the leg (lazy bugger)


Stone the bloody crows she’s a flammin bonzer shelia mind you she’d be three axe handle across the ar**e an she don’t mind a few snorts down the old pub either but dun ask me how she gets me ome when I’m pi**ed an doin technic colour yodels all the way ome

Bill the old battler

[Rimeriter]

" Ta " - meaning "thank you".

[David Campbell]

Think you mean 'shillelagh', Bill. Pronounced as you've written it, but spelt differently. It's Irish, can be used as a walking stick, but was originally more of a club/weapon.

Cheers
David

[Neville Briggs]

" I was wrong "....spoken by a politician.

[Rimeriter]

Thanks mummsie -
drippin' was bloody beautiful.

Was probably all my mummsie could afford in them depression days.

[Neville Briggs]

"obey" used to be in the bride's wedding vow.

Oh the good old days

[Bob Pacey]

Gibberer



Oh sorry That's Marty !!!!!



Robere