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on one's Pat Malone en · ADP

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Australian rhyming slang; possibly from the ballad Paddy Malone in Australia, recounting the tribulations of an Irish immigrant.

Meanings

1. (Australia, slang) Alone, on one's own
   • Poor little bludger, he wasn't happy standing there on his Pat Malone[.] 1995, Paul Vautin, Turn It Up!, Sydney: Pan Macmillan Australia, page 39:
   • "My daughter worries about me. Isn't that nice," Brian said to the room. "She'd be on her Pat Malone there then, wouldn't she?" 2004, Jay Verney, Percussion, St Lucia, Queensland: University of Queensland Press, page 298:
   • "Who's paying?" asked Oscar. "Abo Department?" "Oh, no," said Lace lightly. "I'm doing it on my pat." 1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IX, in Capricornia, page 139:

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