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rough end of the pineapple noun the raw end of the deal AUSTRALIA- [A]bout the same time as my old drinking mate Sir John Kerr showed Gough what he could do with the rough end of the pineapple (are you with me?) I copped the Cinderella appointment in London as Australian Cultural Attaché[.] — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 180, 1978
- The Queen was shown at the door, anxiously beckoning to an equerry and whispering: “Psst, what’s the rough end of the pineapple mean?” — Bill Hornadge, The Australian Slanguage, p. 74, 1980
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