| 'F' |
| Face
fungus |
A
beard |
Fadge |
A butt of a bale of wool or two bags sewn together |
Fair cow |
An exceedingly unpleasant person, situation or turn of events |
| Fair
crack of the whip |
Said
of fair dealings |
| Fair
dinkum |
Honest;
true; genuine |
| Fair
enough |
A
general expression of approval |
| Fair
go |
Be
reasonable |
| Fairy
floss |
Cotton
candy |
| Fang
bandit |
Dentist |
| Fangs
in -put the- |
To
borrow money from a person |
| Fart
sack |
A
bed |
| Fat as
a match |
Extremely
thin |
| Fat
cake |
A
small fried cake of flour |
| Fatty |
Synonym
for brownie |
| Feather
bedding |
An
industrial term used in reference to overloading a gang on a wharf so that one member
usually an elderly wharfie, can earn money without doing a fair share of the work |
| Fed
up with |
Tired
of, bored with |
| Fella
-a- |
A
male |
| Fence
-over the- |
Unreasonable;
unfair |
| Fencing
wire -tough as- |
Extremely
tough or hardy |
| Feral |
Wild |
| Ferry |
A
prostitute |
| Fibber
-a- |
A
person who tells lies |
| Fiddlearse
about |
To
waste time; to mess around |
| Fiddley |
A £ 1
note |
| Finalise |
To
complete |
| Financial |
In
funds, with ready money available |
| Finger
out -pull your- |
Hurry
up |
First Fleet |
The ships which brought the original convicts and their keepers
to Australia in 1788 |
| First
up |
For
the first time |
Fitzroy Yank |
An Australian male, e.g. a youth, who is trying to pass himself
off as an American |
| Five
finger discount |
Shoplifting |
| Fix
the old gumtree |
To
settle down |
| Fixing |
Strong
drink |
| Fizgig |
A
police informer |
| Fizz |
As for
fizgig |
| Fizz
out |
A
person on whom no reliability can be placed |
| Fizzle
-to- |
To
fade away |
| Flag |
A
banknote; a £ 1 note |
| Flake |
Shark
meat |
| Flake
out -to- |
To
pass out; to go to sleep |
| Flash |
Ostentatious
in dress and/or manner |
| Flat
chat |
As
fast as possible eg "I am working flat chat" |
| Flat
strap |
As
fast as possible eg "I am working flat strap" |
| Flatite |
A flat
dweller |
| Fleecy |
A
woolshed hand detailed to pick up shorn fleeces |
| Flemington
confetti |
Rubbish;
nonsense |
| Flemo |
Flemington
racecourse and district in Melbourne |
| Flick
-to give it the- |
To
throw it away |
| Flicks
-to go to the- |
To
go to the cinema |
Flies about
-no- |
Alert; wide awake |
| Floater |
A
penny that fails to spin when tossed in two-up; a meat pie floating in pea
soup |
| Flog
-to- |
To
sell something |
| Flossy
up |
To
dress up; to make oneself tidy; to improve one's appearance |
| Floury
baker |
A type
of cicada |
| Fluff |
To
break wind |
| Fly |
An
attempt at something, eg "give it a fly" |
| Fly
country |
Hot
back country in Australia |
| Fly
swisher
stew |
Oxtail
stew |
| Flyblown |
Penniless |
| Flybog |
Jam |
| Flyjerks |
Small
pieces of cork suspended from the brim of a swagman's hat to ward off flies |
| Flystrike |
Infestation
of sheep by blowflies |
| Food
inspector |
A
swagman |
| Footback
-on- |
On
foot |
| Footy |
Australian
rules football |
| Force |
The
ability of a sheepdog to control a mob of sheep |
| Fortie |
A
crook or sharper |
Fossick
-to- |
To search for surface gold; to rummage about for something |
Fowlhouse
-up against ones- |
As for duckhouse |
| Frames |
Draft
cattle |
| Franger |
Condom |
| Free
select |
To
take up Government land as a free selector |
| Freeze
-do a- |
To be
overlooked or ignored |
| Freezer |
A
sheep bred for export |
| Fremantle
doctor |
A
refreshing sea breeze that blows into Fremantle and Perth after a hot day |
| Freshie
-a- |
A
fresh water crocodile |
| Fribby
-of wool- |
Containing
an excessive amount of what are called second cuts and sweat points |
| Frig
up |
A
confusion or muddle |
| Frill |
To
ring bark a tree |
| Frog |
A £ 1
note |
| Front |
To
mask the operations of a pickpocket accomplice |
Frosty face |
A defect sometimes occurring in merino sheep, characterised by
chalky, harsh, white hairs covering the face |
| Fruit
cake -a- |
A
person who is mentally unstable |
| Fruiterer |
A
person who sells fruit and vegetables |
| Fryingpan
brand |
A
large brand used by cattle thieves to cover the rightful owner's brand |
| Full
as a goog |
Extremely
drunk |
Full
mouth |
An
eight tooth sheep |
Full quid |
In full possession of one's faculties |
Furphy |
A rumour, a canard |
