Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Five hundred years of the vulgar tongue

‘Quite simply the best historical dictionary of English slang there is, ever has been […] or is ever likely to be’​ — Journal of English Language and Linguistics

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Yarra banker, n. [late 19C–1940s] 1.  an idler, a loafer found on the banks of Melbourne’s Yarra River. 2.  a soap-box orator; thus Yarra banking, soap-box oratory.

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