English

Verb

to drive Irish tandem

1. To walk; to go by foot.

#*1901, Jack Mathieu, �That Day at Boiling Downs� (Australian Ballads & Short Stories, Penguin 2003, page 263)
#*: He was driving Irish tandem, but perhaps I talk at random � / I'd forgotten for a moment you are not all mulga-bred; / What I mean's he had his swag up through his having knocked his nag up

References
International Journal of Lexicography

Category:Australian English
Category:English verbs

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