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  • cattle duffing — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Cattle raiding — Cattle rustling or cattle raiding is the act of stealing livestock. In Australia, such stealing is often referred to as duffing , and the person as a duffer . [Baker, Sidney John (1945) The Australian language : an examination of the English… …   Wikipedia

  • Duffing — Duff Duff (d[u^]f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Duffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Duffing}.] [Etym. uncertain.] [Colloq. or Slang] 1. To treat or manipulate so as to give a specious appearance to; to fake; hence, to cheat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. In Australia …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Clarke brothers — The Clarke brothers were Australian bushrangers active in New South Wales the late 19th century. The Clarke brothers, Thomas and John and James, were from Braidwood, New South Wales. From 1865 they were active around the area that became the… …   Wikipedia

  • Muttaburra, Queensland — Muttaburra Queensland …   Wikipedia

  • Robbery Under Arms — Infobox Book | name = Robbery Under Arms. A Story of Life and Adventure in the Bush and in the Goldfields of Australia. image caption = First edition. Three octavo volumes (7 3/16 x 4 13/16 inches; 182 x 122 mm.). Original smooth grass green… …   Wikipedia

  • KELLY, Edward (1854-1880) — always known as Ned Kelly bushranger was born at Wallan, Victoria, in 1854. His father, who had been transported from Ireland to Tasmania, came to Victoria and married a Miss Quinn. Ned Kelly had been associated with Power the bushranger when a… …   Dictionary of Australian Biography

  • Ned Kelly — For other uses, see Ned Kelly (disambiguation). Ned Kelly Ned Kelly the day before his execution …   Wikipedia

  • Duff — (d[u^]f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Duffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Duffing}.] [Etym. uncertain.] [Colloq. or Slang] 1. To treat or manipulate so as to give a specious appearance to; to fake; hence, to cheat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. In Australia, to alter… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Duffed — Duff Duff (d[u^]f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Duffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Duffing}.] [Etym. uncertain.] [Colloq. or Slang] 1. To treat or manipulate so as to give a specious appearance to; to fake; hence, to cheat. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. In Australia …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • duff — I. /dʌf / (say duf) –noun 1. British a flour pudding boiled, or sometimes steamed, in a bag, as plum duff. –verb (t) 2. Colloquial to make pregnant. –phrase 3. up the duff, Colloquial a. pregnant …  

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