on the wallaby

on the wallaby
австрал. скитающийся;
безработный

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  • The Good, The Bad, and The Wallaby / Trash-O-Madness — is the sixth episode of the first season of the animated television series Rocko s Modern Life by Joe Murray.The Good, The Bad, and The WallabyIn this episode, Rocko and Heffer Wolfe go to Rocko s uncle s farm. Once there, Heffer decides to stay… …   Wikipedia

  • on the wallaby — The word wallaby (used to describe many smaller marsupials of the family Macropididae) is a borrowing into English from Dharuk (the Aboriginal language formerly spoken in the Sydney region). It first appears in written form in 1798. The term… …   Australian idioms

  • on the wallaby — or on the wallaby track (informal; Aust) Travelling through the bush with one s swag, esp looking for work • • • Main Entry: ↑wallaby …   Useful english dictionary

  • On the wallaby track — Artist Frederick McCubbin Year 1896 Type oil on canvas Dimensions 122.0 cm × 223.5 cm (48.0 in × 88.0 in) …   Wikipedia

  • Freedom on the Wallaby — (deutsch: „Freiheit für das Wallaby“) ist ein in Australien bekanntes Lied, das Henry Lawson für den Schafscherer Streik (1891) in Queensland schrieb. Erstmals veröffentlicht wurde der Text durch William Lane am 16. Mai 1891 in der… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • on the wallaby track — on the wallaby or on the wallaby track (informal; Aust) Travelling through the bush with one s swag, esp looking for work • • • Main Entry: ↑wallaby …   Useful english dictionary

  • on the wallaby track — (AU) In Australian English, if you re on the wallaby track, you are unemployed …   The small dictionary of idiomes

  • Freedom on the Wallaby — Henry Lawson s well known poem, was written as a comment on the 1891 Australian shearers strike and published by William Lane in the Worker in Brisbane, May 16, 1891. The last two stanzas of the poem were read out by Frederick Brentnall MP on Ju …   Wikipedia

  • The Makem Brothers — Shane Makem, Conor Makem and Rory Makem are Irish musicians who live in the United States and perform together with two other brothers. They are the three sons of The Godfather of Irish Music Tommy Makem, and grandsons of Irish source singer… …   Wikipedia

  • On the wallaby track — on the way from place to place (in search of work) …   Dictionary of Australian slang

  • on the wallaby track — Australian Slang on the way from place to place (in search of work) …   English dialects glossary


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