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Come in spinner : a history of Two-up and its language

Author :  Bruce Moore

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Country
Australia
Publisher
Australian Scholarly Publishing, Australia
ISBN 9781922669421
Format PaperBack
Language English
Year of Publication 2022
Bib. Info xi, 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Categories DU - Oceania (South Seas)
Product Weight 350 gms.
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Bruce Moore explains Two-up's role in the development of the ANZAC legend and provides new evidence that aspects of the game and its terminology have their origins in Ireland. He shows us how the Australian concept of the "fair go" had its origins in Two-up, and how working-class tenacity saved the game from the efforts of authorities and wowsers to wipe it out....

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