shottie n.— «I can only think that they do not understand how easy it is to set up a simple trekking centre or even a native pony visitor centre. And so easy to charge ten pounds for a half-hour ride, a fiver for a “shottie”...
cow dust hour n.— «The “cow dust” hour of evening—how I love that phrase—when the call comes for home and family, and the sky is filled with the green, gold, crimson of the screaming, homing parrots.» —“Exquisite Fantasy...
hully-gully adj.— «They’d call it ball-hogging or trigger-happy basketball or a simple lack of patience. John Hutchcraft calls it a practice drill.…He’s heard words like “hully-gully” and “hogball” to...
jade berg n.— «On the bridge this morning Tim the second mate spotted a “jade” berg. These are quite rare and distinctive for their opaque jade colour. This one was smallish and rounded like river stone. While no one is really...
chatter bump n.— «One of her most unusual assignments was to build a road with all the wrong bankings. She created a four-mile nightmare of incorrectly canted curves, chatter bumps, potholes and a hundred other hazards found on rural...
chatter bump n.— «A key issue is what the suit calls “chatter bumps,” which rural drivers refer to as washboards.» —“Condition of county road to factor in wrongful-death suit” by Steven Hepker Citizen...