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