hose.
Out, to--To render unconscious with a blow.
Out, all--Quite exhausted; fully extended.
Pack, to send to the--To relegate to obscurity.
Pal--A friend; a mate (Gipsy).
Pard--A partner; a mate.
Pass (pass 'im one)--To deliver a blow.
Pat [Malone] on one's--Alone; single-handed.
Peach--A desirable young woman; "fresh as a peach."
Peb (pebble)--A flash fellow; a "larrikin."
Phiz--The face.
Pick at--To chaff; to annoy
Pick--up, to--To dispense with the ceremony of a "knock--down" or
introduction.
Pile it on--To rant; to exaggerate.
Pilot Cove--A clergyman.
Pinch--To steal; to place under arrest.
Pip--A fit of depression.
Pitch a tale--To trump up an excuse; to weave a romance.
Plant--To bury.
Plug--To smite with the fist.
Plug along, to--To proceed doggedly.
Plunk--An exclamation expressing the impact of a blow.
Point, to--To seize unfair advantage; to scheme.
Podgy--Fat; plump.
Point--The region of the jaw; much sought after by pugilists.
Pot, the old--The male parent (from "Rhyming Slang,") the
"old pot and pan"--the "old man."
Pot, a--A considerable amount; as a "pot of money."
Pole, up the--Distraught through anger, fear, etc.; also,
disappeared, vanished.
Prad--A horse.
Pug--A pugilist.
Pull, to take a--To desist; to discontinue.
Punch a cow--To conduct a team of oxen.
Punter--The natural prey of a "bookie," q.v.
Push--A company of rowdy fellows gathered together for ungentle
purposes.
Queer the pitch--To frustrate; to fool.
Quid--A sovereign, or pound sterling.
Quod--Prison.
Rabbit, to run the--To convey liquor from a public-house.
Rag, to chew the--To grieve; to brood.
Rag, to sky the--To throw a towel into the air in token of
surrender (pugilism).
Rain, to keep out of the--To avoid danger; to act with caution.
Rat--A street urchin; a wharf loafer.
Rattled--Excited; confused.
Red lot--Extreme; out--and--out.
Registry--The office of a Registrar.
Ribuck----Correct, genuine; an interjection signifying assent.
Rile--To annoy. Riled--Roused to anger.
Ring, the--The arena of a prize-fight.
Ring, the dead--A remarkable likeness.
Rise, a--An accession of fortune; an improvement.
Rocks--A locality in Sydney.
Rorty--Boisterous; rowdy.
Roust, or Rouse--To upbraid with many words.
'Roy--Fitzroy, a suburb of Mel
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