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poultice
noun
a large sum of money, especially a large wager AUSTRALIA, 1904- It’s only two days to pay day and I’ve got a poultice in that pay-book of mine. — Eric Lambert, The Twenty Thousand Thieves, p. 146, 1951
- “Reckon ‘e pulled ‘im?” “That’s wot I reckon. But ‘ow yer gunna prove ut?” “Yer can’t prove ut.” “Somebody slung in a poultice, I bet.” — Nino Culotta (John O’Grady), They’re A Weird Mob, p. 73, 1957
- I want to know if they’re going to accept with him, if he’s fit, jumping out of his skin, cleaning up his feed, if he’s got the heavy irons on and a big boy up when he’s trialled, if the owner’s going to be on the course on the day, if the connections are putting a poultice on[.] — Wilda Moxham, The Apprentice, p. 30, 1969
- — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 101, 1971
- — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 73, 1977
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