Rolf Boldrewood, `Robbery under Arms,' p. 42: Travelling would be almost impossible but for the buttonrush and cutting grass, which grow in big tussocks out ofthe surrounding bog. This phrase of English school-boy slang, meaning to go off withan explosion, to go to smash (also acco Rolf Boldrewood, `A Sydney-side Saxon,' p.
-- Another name for Wedge-tailed Eagle.
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