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Pash to Pub

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pash. Be passionate about or with, as in Pash me.

pissed. Drunk.

pissed off. Disgruntled, fed up.

plates of meat. Rhyming slang for feet.

plonk. Any alcoholic liquor, especially cheap wine.

poddy-dodger. One who steals unbranded calves.

pollie, polly. Politician.

Pommie, Pom. Englishman.

pot of good cheer. Rhyming slang for beer.

preggers. Pregnant.

pressies. Presents, gifts.

pub. A hotel, short for public house. Usually taken to mean the bar or drinking area in a hotel.

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