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 Post subject: Work that thesaurus!
PostPosted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 2:01 pm 
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When row, fight, clash, tiff, battle, argument, contest, quarrel, affray, confrontation, dustup, spat, war, conflict and family feud won't do:

Legal stoush after man wins lotto and dies [The West Australian]


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 Post subject: Re: Work that thesaurus!
PostPosted: Tue Sep 04, 2012 3:42 am 
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Stoush is an Australia-NZ slang word for 'fight'. I hate it, but it is commonly used in newspapers round this part of the world.


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