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[carrottop10]

hi

Australasian slang term for england (3-4) i have o?d ?a?t

thanks

[shooty]

http://dictionary.ref.../browse/Old+Dart+?s=t

[starone]

I always thought the Old Dart might have been a reference to Dartmoor since there were a lot of convicts sent to Australia, but on reflection there might not have been a prison on Dartmoor in those days. Maybe someone more genned up than me would know.

[shooty]

It states '[C19: of unknown origin] ', but you might be on the right lines.

[shooty]

Did 'Dartford ' have docks that may have been used by the floating prisons so to speak.

[heathfield]

It's been suggested that 'Dart' is a corruption of 'Dirt', and the 'Old Dirt' meant England.. Seems gold-diggers in Australia used to refer to gold-bearing soil as 'Dart'.

[vakayu]

old dart

[shooty]

interesting heathfield.