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big spit; long spit
noun
the act of vomiting; vomit AUSTRALIA- Calling for Herb, see, that’s one of the many euphemisms for vomit, others include spue, burp, hurl, the big spit, the long spit, throw, the whip o’will, the technicolour laugh and, in Queensland, the chuckle. — Frank Hardy, Billy Borker Rides Again, 1967
- You can keep the cider thanks all the same Erica–it always makes me go the big spit! — Barry Humphries, Bazza Pulls It Off!, 1971
- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 14, 1998
▶ go for the big spit
to vomit AUSTRALIA- — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 78, 1964
- The bastard barely swallowed it “When he went for the big spit” And I chundered in the old Pacific Sea. — Barry Humphries, The Wonderful World of Barry McKenzie, p. 15, 1968
- Remember the time he got sick at Davo’s twenty-first and went for the big spit? — Alexander Buzo, Rooted, p. 43, 1969
- — Barry Humphries, The Traveller’s Tool, p. 119, 1985
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