Posted by Leonard Blaisdell on 07/24/06 01:08
> In article
> <doraymeRidThis-464C4D.09263123072006@news-vip.optusnet.com.au>,
> dorayme <doraymeRidThis@optusnet.com.au> wrote:
> > Here it is often put that a full something (a container, a
> > cinema, whatever) "is chocker" or "is chockers". Simple as that.
Yeah, but in Oz a barbecue is a barbie. Dog poop is a barkie. A crayfish
is a yabbie. A sheep is a jumbuck, and apparently Vegemite is a spread.
Chocker seems appropriate for full. I'll file it away for future
reference.
leo
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