black-boys

I'd be ashamed of a crew of black-boys that pulled in such fashion.

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Nothing was heard of the Blacks during the next day or two, but one morning Ninnis discovered that an old gun, which the station hands and the black-boys were allowed to use on Sundays for shooting game in the lagoon, had disappeared in the night.

Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

And Moongarr Bill with the horses 'reins over his arm, and the two black-boys agape, beady eyes twinkling, white teeth glistening, emitting their queer guttural clicks of approbation, and an occasional' My word!

Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

The buggy's at the Terminus all right, and I've got the black-boys there, and the tent and all that.

Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

As they neared the house, he gave the usual Coo-ee, that set all the dogs barking, and put the Chinaman-cook and black-boys on the alert.

Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land 1915

Soon after the retirement of our crestfallen Cheon, hot cakes were served by a Cheon all rotundity and chuckles once more, but immediately afterwards, a snort of indignation riveted our attention on an exceedingly bristling, dignified Cheon, who was glaring across the enclosure at two of our neighbour's black-boys, one of whom was the bearer of a letter, and the other, of a long yellow vegetable-marrow.

We of the Never-Never Jeannie Gunn 1915

I'd be ashamed of a crew of black-boys that pulled in such fashion.

The Martha 1911

Paid for it dear, for the black-boys found tracks, and the bucket, and all,

Rio Grande's Last Race & Other Verses 1902

Leichhardt started on his last sad venture with a party of eight, including one or two native black-boys.

Adventures of Louis de Rougemont Fitzgerald, F Scott 1899

In spite of almost insurmountable obstacles in the form of waterless regions, almost bare of vegetation, in spite of mutiny in the camp, and the murder of his white companion by one of the black-boys, the loss of his horses, in spite of starvation and thirst, this gallant man battled his way across, finishing his journey on foot with one companion only, a faithful black-boy.

Spinifex and Sand David Wynford Carnegie 1885