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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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