gumsucker

British

/ ˈɡʌmˌsʌkə /

noun

1. a native-born Australian
2. a native of Victoria

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Found them in the lowest of the grog shanties, their horses not looked after, dray only half loaded, and the three of them—Gumsucker Steve was to have come and taken off our leaders when we got into broken country—thick with the Union delegates and sticking for higher wages.

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