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"Fanny like a bucket". Comes to mind but best not to go there.
Tasmanian colloquialisms. Mostly of old/colonial/maritime origin, still in occasional to regular use locally, but seldom heard or used elsewhere any more. By no means exclusively Tasmanian either.You're/he's a Rum 'un = Queer, strange, eccentric, odd.Mad as a cut snake = Self explanatoryFlat out like a lizard drinkin' = Hard at it, busy.Cock = Term of greeting/endearment used with friends, like the more Aussie "ol' bastard", mate, cobber etc. Horrifying to delicate alien sensibilities, but totally benign when used locally.Badger Box = Humble shack, hovel or weekender.Sandshoes = Plimsolls, sneakers, trainers, tennis or running shoes.Durrie = Fag, cigarette, gasper, coffin-nail.Goon, goonbag, goonsack = Cheap cardboard cask wine (or just the silver bag inside)A sandwich short of a cut lunch, Not the full Quid = None too bright.A Dill, A Duffer = As above.Cut-lunch Commando = Weekend warrior, CMF soldier, Army reservist, Territorial Army soldier.Drop-shorts = Artillery Personnel.Tuppence-Ha'penny = Not very good (object/thing), i.e. just shy of three pence or worthiness.Map 'o Tassie = Minge, feminine pubic hair.Belgium = Fritz, polony, windsor, luncheon meat, devon, german, strasbourg.Double-dink = Riding pillion.Slash = Number ones.Choke a darkie, snap one off = Number TwosPolly-waffle, brown-eyed mullet = Floating turd in the sea/swimming poolMaggot pack = Meat pieMaggoted, pissed as a newt = In his cupsFlat maggot = FastThe Ton = 160km/hr (from old 100 MPH), a cricket century.Beastly careless = IndifferentNo wuckin' furries = No description possible (or needed I suspect).Take a gander/have a squiz/rubber-neck/have a butcher's (from butcher's hook [look]) = Have a good look. Bail/bail-out = Leave unceremoniously. Franger = CondomUterus = Bakkie, Utility, Pickup, Mini-Lorry, Baby-truck.Wog = Mild illness, common cold etc.
Works best with a Dublin accent!
Response when someone is over confident with you "well don't you have a right brass neck?"