<hw>Long-sleever</hw>, <i>n</i>. name for a big drink and also for the glass in which it is contained. Perhaps in allusion to its tall, tapering, long shape.
1888. Cassell's `Picturesque Australasia,' vol. iii. p. 83:
"Their drivers had completed their regulation half-score of `long-sleevers' of `she-oak.'"
<hw>Long-Tom</hw>, <i>n</i>. name given in Sydney to <i>Belone ferox</i>, Gunth., a species of <i>Garfish</i> which has both jaws prolonged to form a slender beak. See <i>Garfish</i>.
<hw>Long-Yam</hw>. See <i>Yam</i>.
<hw>Look</hw>, <i>v. tr.</i> to examine.
1874. W. H. L. Ranken, `Dominion of Australia,' c. vi. p. 105:
"Plains are scoured and every piece of timber looked." [sc. looked-over.]
<hw>Lope</hw>, <i>n</i>. a slow and steady gallop. From Dutch verb <i>loopen</i>, to leap, to run. The word is American rather than Australian.
1855. W. Howitt, `Two Years in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 35: