Sparky
SPAR-kee · noun
Electrician.
Person 1"Lights keep flickering."
Person 2"Get a sparky out."
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Chippiecarpenter
Brickiebricklayer
Truckietruck driver
Something wrong or missing? Suggest a fix
While you're here
Sickie
A day off sick when you're not sick. Chucking a sickie is a fundamental right of all Aussies.
Hard yakka
Hard physical work.
Ambo
Paramedic, or the ambulance they turned up in.
Tradie's laptop
The pokies. Poker machines at the pub or club.
Earn a crust
Make a living. "What do you do to earn a crust?" means what is your job?
Not here to fuck spiders
I'm here to get on with it, not muck around.
