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"Australian English",
"English terms with quotations"
],
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{
"ref": "2010, Marion Houldsworth, The Morning Side of the Hill: Growing Up in Townsville in World War II, revised edition, page 113",
"text": "When he saw what was happening he threw down his bag, gollied up some phlegm, and spat into the sand.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"To spit; to force up phlegm from one's throat."
],
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"(Australia, juvenile) To spit; to force up phlegm from one's throat."
],
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"Australia"
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"ipa": "/ˈɡɒli/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɒli"
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"Australia"
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],
"word": "golly"
}
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"English 2-syllable words",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English minced oaths",
"English nouns",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English verbs",
"Rhymes:English/ɒli",
"Rhymes:English/ɒli/2 syllables"
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{
"word": "golly pot"
}
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"2": "Goliath"
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"form": "gollies",
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"plural"
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"Australian English",
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"glosses": [
"Chewing gum."
],
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"(Australian slang, juvenile) Chewing gum."
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"Australian",
"slang"
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"text": "hack up a golly"
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{
"ref": "2011, Douglas Booth, Surfing: The Ultimate Guide, page 10",
"text": "They had to have a spitting competition. They had to hack gollies at each other′s heads.[…](Abraham 1999, 53)",
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"Saliva or phlegm."
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"(Australian slang, juvenile) Saliva or phlegm."
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"Australian",
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