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Dad and Dave
rhyming slang for shave

daks
pants

damper
1. bread cooked out in the bush made from flour and water
2. see put a damper

dead horse
rhyming slang for tomato sauce

dead ringer
an exact likeness of someone or something

dead set
something accurate

derro
abbreviation of derelict

didgeridoo
a wooden Aboriginal musical instrument

dig in the grave
rhyming slang for shave

dinky-di
something genuinely Australian

dirty
to be displeased with someone or something

Disneyland
see in Disneyland

do
a party

do your block
to lose your temper

docket
a receipt

dob
to tell on someone

dodgy
something of suspect quality

dog and bone
rhyming slang for telephone

dog’s breakfast
a complete mess

dog’s eye
rhyming slang for pie

dole bludger
someone who chooses to live off welfare benefits instead of working

Don, The
the well-known nickname of Sir Donald Bradman

donk
a car engine

donkey vote
an intentionally blown vote

donkey's years
a long period of time

don’t want a bar of it
don’t want to have anything to do with whatever it is

down the gurgler
something unsuccessful

down under
Australia

drier than a pommie's towel
1. a lack of rain
2. very thirsty

drongo
a stupid person

ducks and drakes
rhyming slang for the shakes

duffer
a silly person

dummy
1. a baby's pacifier
2. see spit the dummy

dunny
a toilet

durry
a cigarette

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