whack the illy
English
Etymology
Presumed (but not proven) to be a back-formation from illywhacker. [1]
Pronunciation
Audio (AU) (file)
Verb
whack the illy (third-person singular simple present whacks the illy, present participle whacking the illy, simple past and past participle whacked the illy)
- (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) To carry on small-time confidence tricks, ie. the activity of an illywhacker.
References
- 2001, Susan Butler, The Dinkum Dictionary: The Origins of Australian Words, Text Publishing, →ISBN.