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- noun dated, nautical The period of
work on board ship for which the seamen have beenpaid inadvance (usually a month's wages) the end of this term being celebrated by parading a straw horse about the decks. - noun Australia
rhyming slang fortomato sauce .
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sionnach commented on the word dead horse
Australian slang for tomato ketchup
(presumably by rhyming with 'tomato sauce')?
July 24, 2008