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hard dinkum

American  

noun

Australian Informal.

  1. hard work; a difficult task.

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It took us an hour's hard dinkum to get near the peak.

From Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields by Boldrewood, Rolf

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