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Re: Aussie railway slang

Subject: Re: Aussie railway slang
From: "Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2001 10:23:29 +1100
Newsgroups: aus.rail
References: <xaIg6.24$WX1.2196@news0.optus.net.au> <981731641.174610@pluto.global.net.au> <3a8416ae$0$16397$7f31c96c@news01.syd.optusnet.com.au> <3a84afa8.56fb2@nancy.pacific.net.au>
Xref: bclass.spectrum.com.au aus.rail:31066


"FH Eden" <feden@zipworld.com.au> wrote in message
3a84afa8.56fb2@nancy.pacific.net.au">news:3a84afa8.56fb2@nancy.pacific.net.au...
|
| Tezza <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au> wrote in message

| > I seem to recall 20 odd years ago that a trainee shunter was called a
| sprag.
| >
| >
| You missed one of the most interesting...a fettler was a "hairyleg"
| franco

I still use it, but I'm about the only one.

References:
- Aussie railway slang
  - From: dbromage@fang.omni.com.au (David Bromage)
- Re: Aussie railway slang
  - From: "Brian" <brm@global.net.au>
- Re: Aussie railway slang
  - From: "Tezza" <tezza2000@dingoblue.net.au>
- Re: Aussie railway slang
  - From: "FH Eden" <feden@zipworld.com.au>

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