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From armpits to yournabs: how a convict first catalogued Australian slang

From armpits to yournabs: how a convict first catalogued Australian slang

In Black and White · Herald Sun

June 30, 202140m 18s

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When convict banter baffled judges in early colonial Australia, they turned to James Hardy Vaux, who  published a dictionary of slang - that included many words still in use today. Like In Black and White? Read more at https://www.heraldsun.com.au/ibaw

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