<hw>Broker</hw>, <i>n</i>. Australian slang for a man completely ruined, stonebroke.
1891. `The Australasian,' Nov. 21, p. 1014:
"We're nearly `dead brokers,' as they say out here. Let's harness up Eclipse and go over to old Yamnibar."
<hw>Bronze-wing</hw>, <i>n</i>. a bird with a lustrous shoulder, <i>Phaps chalcoptera</i>, Lath. Called also <i>Bronze-wing Pigeon</i>.
1790. J. White, `Voyage to New South Wales,' p. 145:
"One of the gold-winged pigeons, of which a plate is annexed. [Under plate, Golden-winged Pigeon.] This bird is a curious and singular species remarkable for having most of the feathers of the wing marked with a brilliant spot of golden yellow, changing, in various reflections of light, to green and copper-bronze, and when the wing is closed, forming two bars of the same across it."
1832. J. Bischoff, `Van Diemen's Land,' vol. ii. p. 31:
"The pigeons are by far the most beautiful birds in the island; they are called bronze-winged pigeons."
1857. W. Howitt, `Tallangetta,' vol. ii. p. 57:
"Mr. Fitzpatrick followed his kangaroo hounds, and shot his emus, his wild turkeys, and his bronze-wings."