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Dunny is Australian/New Zealand slang for a toilet. Dunny may also mean: Dunny Goode (1929–2004), head football coach for Eastern New Mexico University "Dunny", nickname for Fred Dunlap (1859–1902), 19th century baseball player and manager "Dunnies", nickname for the Whitby Dunlops, a Canadian Major League Hockey team
The system of municipal collection was widespread in Australia; "dunny cans" persisted well into the second half of the twentieth century, see below. In Scandinavia and some other countries, outhouses are built over removable containers that enable easy removal of the waste and enable much more rapid composting in separate piles.
Chockers, full to overflowing, derived from "chock-a-block" Chockie, chocolate; Chocko (from chocolate soldier), a member of the Australian Army Reserve [16] Chrissie or Chrissy, Christmas ‡Ciggie, a cigarette; Cockie, a cockatoo. Commonly a sulphur-crested cockatoo. By extension, a farmer, e.g. "cow cockie" for dairy farmer. Also slang for ...
This phrase comes from a classic Australian film, “The Castle,” where the main character, Daryl Kerrigan, fights for his home as the bank tries to buy it to build a new airport expansion.
Fen: A low and frequently flooded area of land, similar to Australian English swamp; Free phone: Australian English toll-free; Gammon: Meat from the hind leg of pork. Australian English makes no distinction between gammon and ham; Git: A foolish person. Equivalent to idiot or moron; Goose pimples: Australian English goose bumps
Agro, as he appears in Agro's Cartoon Connection.. Agro is an Australian puppet and media personality, not owned although operated by comedian and voice artist Jamie Dunn.He was especially prominent on Australian television in the 1990s due to his co-hosting opposite Ann-Maree Biggar and Terasa Livingstone of Agro's Cartoon Connection, a children's program that was aired from 1989 to 1997 on ...
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She also praised the film's technical accomplishment, describing it as "a triumph, superbly shot, edited and directed by Clayton Jacobson – probably surpassing most Australian movies with its command of film language, shot on HD video to boot". [5] Margaret Pomeranz from At the Movies awarded the film a score of 4.5 out of 5. In contrast ...