Delbosco's definitions

alderman

A half-crown coin; its value, 30 pence.

Half-a-crown is known as an alderman, half a bull, half a tusheroon, and a madza caroon; whilst a crown piece, or five shillings, may be called either a bull, or a caroon, or a cartwheel, or a coachwheel, or a thick-un, or a tusheroon.

by Delbosco October 15, 2021

Alcan

The Alaska Highway, which connects British Columbia, Yukon and Alaska.

Nowadays the Alcan presents a true challenge to the traveler as the road surface is "variable" to say the least.

by Delbosco October 15, 2021

Airedale

A member of aviation personnel.

Intercepting the Japs the next day, the Airedales shot down ten Zeros and two bombers.

by Delbosco October 15, 2021

air commode

air commodore

The Air Commode (as we christened him) wanted someone to go to Achill with him …

by Delbosco October 15, 2021

air

To ignore (a person).

Why is this girl airing me?

by Delbosco October 15, 2021

aintcha

perineum

Fingal counted eleven tick bites - that he could see. A few more could be felt: one on his left arse cheek, for example, one on his scalp, and two in the perineum, or the gouch, the area of skin between a human's anus and scrotum (some Australians, he'd learned, also referred to the gouch as the as the aintcha, as in "well it aintcha balls, or your arse") Binjari ticks loved the gouch.

by Delbosco October 15, 2021

ai

All right.

Ai, let's go.

by Delbosco October 15, 2021