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TABLE 5
Term
Literal meaning
Period
Original Usage
Buster
Heavy fall from a horse
c1920
 Rural, 1878+
Cockies
Farmers
 Rural, 1871+
Damper
Bushman's bread
Rural, 1825+
Dinner
Lunch
c1915+
Drovers, 1911+
Dinner camp
Camp on the road for lunch
c1915+
 Drovers, 1925+
Dry camp
Midday dinner camp
c1915
Going to camp
Going to bed
Drovers, 1843
Hard feed
To feed horses on chaff, instead of putting them out to graze
c1915
Moke
An inferior horse
c1930
Rural, 1863+
Monty
A certainty
c1930
Racecourse, 1894+
Tea
Dinner
c1915
Rural, 1868