shoot a fair one v. phr. to have a weaponless physical fight between two people. Editorial Note: Fair one, meaning ‘a fight,’ dates to at least as early as 1958. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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Commonly heard in Australia, fair dinkum is used to describe something “authentic” or “legitimate.” This phrase is also used as an intensifier. Less common versions: square dinkum and straight dinkum. The expression fair...