Summer+of+the+Seventeenth+Doll+Aussie+slang

Summer of the Seventeenth Doll: How well do you know your Aussie Slang?

1. OLIVE: Nancy… always reckoned [Roo and Barney] made the rest of the mob look like a bunch of skinned rabbits. [Act One, Scene One]. A skinned rabbit = a very thin person

2. BARNEY:… Righto, I'll have a word with her after. She'll be jake. [Act One, Scene One]. She'll be jake = It'll be okay, alright

3. OLIVE tells BARNEY to “smooge round” Pearl [Act One, Scene Two]. “smooge round someone" = to chat them up.

4. BARNEY: Oh yes, you are. You got a snout on that kid the first day you saw him working [Act One, Scene Two]. To get a snout on someone = to hold a grudge against someone

5. EMMA: …you oughta be damned glad I did go, or these larrikins wouldn‟t be here. [Act One, Scene One]. A larrikin = a trouble-making youth, usually a male