
Come in Spinner
A History of Two-Up and Its Language
Bruce Moore(Author)
Australian Scholarly Publishing
Published on 7. April 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
176 pages
978-1-922669-42-1 (ISBN)
Description
Two-up, a famous Australian soldiers' gambling game, has given Australian English many unique words and phrases. The game is significant in Australia's cultural history. This book is the essential guide to the language and history of the 'national game'.
Bruce Moore explains Two-up's role in the development of the ANZAC legend and provides new evidence that aspects of the game and its terminology have their origins in Ireland. He shows us how the Australian concept of the 'fair go' had its origins in Two-up, and how working-class tenacity saved the game from the efforts of authorities and wowsers to wipe it out.
The well-known phrase 'come in spinne'r is just one of the more than 140 Australian words and phrases that have their origin in the game of Two-up. This is the reader's chance to learn about 'alley loafers', 'baldie's, 'bastards on bikes', 'boxer's, 'butterflies', 'cockatoos', 'floaters', 'grouter bettors', 'headies', 'kips', 'nit-keepers', 'nobs', 'ringmasters', and 'two-uppians'.
Bruce Moore explains Two-up's role in the development of the ANZAC legend and provides new evidence that aspects of the game and its terminology have their origins in Ireland. He shows us how the Australian concept of the 'fair go' had its origins in Two-up, and how working-class tenacity saved the game from the efforts of authorities and wowsers to wipe it out.
The well-known phrase 'come in spinne'r is just one of the more than 140 Australian words and phrases that have their origin in the game of Two-up. This is the reader's chance to learn about 'alley loafers', 'baldie's, 'bastards on bikes', 'boxer's, 'butterflies', 'cockatoos', 'floaters', 'grouter bettors', 'headies', 'kips', 'nit-keepers', 'nobs', 'ringmasters', and 'two-uppians'.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Kew, VIC
Australia
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
327 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-922669-42-1 (9781922669421)
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Bruce Moore, lexicographer and author, is the chief editor of the Australian National Dictionary (OUP 2016) and the author of several books on Australian English.