Joe Wilson and His Mates
Joe Wilson and His Mates
by Henry Lawson
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An incomplete glossary of Australian, British, or antique terms and concepts
which may prove helpful to understanding this book:
"A house where they took in cards on a tray" (from Joe Wilson's Courtship):
An upper class house, with servants who would take a visitor's card
(on a tray) to announce their presence, or, if the family was out,
to keep ...