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curry noun verbal support on the emphatic end of the scale NEW ZEALAND- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 36, 1998
▶ give someone curry- to attack someone AUSTRALIA, 1936
That is, make it “hot” for them. - He give ‘em some curry. He didn’t have to lay down like a sheila to them, he told ‘em[.] — D’Arcy Niland, The Shiralee, p. 44, 1955
- — Arthur Chipper, The Aussie Swearer’s Guide, p. 48, 1972
- If someone give you curry, be nice to them. — Kel Richards, The Aussie Bible, p. 32, 2003
- to make someone’s life difficult, to reprove someone AUSTRALIA, 1936
Possibly from the hot nature of curry. - Yeah. He really gave him curry at the end [...] of his summing up. — Robert Hughes, PM, 10 May 2000
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