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back o' beyond. Somewhere out there in the Outback in a remote and fairly deserted place. Also back o' Bourke and beyond the black stump.
back o' Bourke. Back o' beyond. See above.
bangers. Sausages.
barney. Argument, strife.
battlers. Honest, hardworking folk.
beano. Festivity, celebration.
bee's knees. Someone or something considered the ultimate in style, novelty or cleversness.
beaut. Beautiful, lovely, great. Also used as a noun meaning something beautiful, lovely, great.
bewdy. Beaut, beauty. Usually used as an interjection.
beyond the black stump. Back o' beyond. See above.
bickie, also bikkie. Biscuit.
big bickies. A lot of money. Also see motza on the M page.
biggie. Anything big or bigger than usual. This comes about as a result of a penchant to add -ie or -y to certain words in colloquial speech. Hence, footie or footy for football.
big smoke. The city.
billabong. A waterhole.
billy. Container for boiling tea.
bit o' all right. Bit o' understatement here, matey. The phrase actually means something or someone which, or who, is more than all right: lovely, eliciting admiration, beautiful even.
bizzo. Also bizo. Business.
bloke. Man.
bludger. Lazy person, usually applied to one who lives on the dole and who doesn't try finding work.
blue. A row, quarrel, fight, as in We had a blue.
Bluey. Nickname for a redhead. How about that?
bluey. Swag. (See swag on the S page.) Also blue heeler, a breed of dog.
bob's your uncle. Surprisingly this statement can have one of two diffferent, almost opposite, meanings: in expressing agreement, meaning right you are, or in response to a statement proving nothing as an expression of doubt.
bonzer. Excellent, attractive, really great.
boss cocky. The big boss. Usually used for farmer who employs workers.
bott. Cadge. (See cadge on the C page.)
bottlo, bottle shop. Liquor store.
bunny rug, bunny-rug. Baby's blanket.
bush. Country, as in the bush (the country) and go bush (leave the city).
bush telegraph. The local gossip network.
bushed. Extremely tired.
butt. Buttocks, bottom, also cigarette.
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