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ding-dong
adjective- of top quality; great; terrific AUSTRALIA
- His orders to the young warrior guards were that should a woman stray from her party the guard was to rap her on the head with his nulla hard enough to give her a ding-dong headache[.] — Ion L. Idriess, The Red Chief, 1953
- Always had him up for a ding-dong yarn when he blew in here. — Dymphna Cusack, Picnic Races, p. 218, 1962
- (of a fight, competition, etc) hard fought AUSTRALIA, 1924
- This allowed Bill to go berserk with fury and tear into Herbert for a ding-dong punching match in the passage[.] — Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, p. 169, 1947
- — Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, p. 64, 1947
- It was a ding-dong struggle to the post, both horses giving of their best. — Joe Brown, Just for the Record, p. 116, 1984
- It was a ding-dong battle. — Ivor Limb, Footy’s No Joke!, p. 22, 1986
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