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| Dad 'n' Dave | shave (rhyming slang) |
| Dag | eccentric scruffy person; a bit of a character |
| Daggy | something that dresses sloppily |
| Daks | trousers or shorts |
| Daisy cutter | a sports term for a ball that is thrown or kicked really low |
| Damp squib | someone who is slow thinking; (a squib was a small firecracker, a damp squib is one that doesn't go off) |
| Damper | flour and water bread mix cooked in the coals of a camp fire MMMMMM YUMMY with butter and jam! |
| Dead but won't lie down | persistent where most would realise its futile |
| Dead cert | absolute certainly |
| Dead horse | tomato sauce (rhyming slang) |
| Dead marine | empty beer bottle |
| Deadset | without a doubt |
| here's the Deal | prepare yourself to hear some important facts |
| your Dial | your face |
| Dickhead | foolish or obnoxious person |
| Didgeridoo |  Aboriginal wind musical instrument |
| going to your Digs | going home |
 Digger |
returned Australian serviceman |
| Dill | idiot |
| Dilly Dally | taking your time to do something |
| Dilly-bag | food bag or small bag to carry things |
| Dingaling | silly person (affectionate) |
| Dingbat | someone who is a fool; eccentric person |
 Dingo |
cunning bad person |
| Dingo's breakfast | to have a pee and a look around Submitted by John Kouvelis |
| Dinki-di | genuine Australian item or person |
| Dipstick/Dipshit | crazy, contemptible person |
| Dish-licker | dog |
| Divvy van | Police divisional van |
| Do a flit | take off; run away from responsiblity |
| Do your block | lose your temper |
| Dobber | a person that turns someone else in for doing something wrong |
| Docket | a bill, receipt |
| Dodgy | something suspicious and underhanded is going on |
| spending all your Dough | spending all your money |
| Doesn't know if it's pitt street or christmas | to be confused (a country bloke confused at all the lights of Sydney's Pitt Street |
| Doesn't know if he's Arthur or Martha | confused person |
| Dog and bone | telephone (rhyming slang) |
| Dogs breakfast | a mess or messy |
| looks like a Dog's breakfast | someone who looks scruffy or daggy |
| Dog's eye | meat pie (rhyming slang) |
| Dog's eye and Dead horse | meat pie with sauce (rhyming slang) |
| who cut the Dog in half? | who farted? |
| Done Deal | finished; completed |
| Donger | a mans penis |
| haven't seen you in Donkey's years | you haven't seen someone in a real long time |
| Done up like a pox doctors clerk! | overdressed |
| Don't come the raw prawn with me! | don't pretend to be green; don't try to pull to wool over someones eyes |
| Doona | like a quilt, used instead of blankets (containing feathers and down) |
| Dork | fool or idiot |
| Dosh | money |
| Dover | a bush knife |
| Down under | Australia! |
| Drink with the flies | to drink alone |
| Drip | someone with no personality, no character, boring |
| Drongo! | idiot, someone that is stupid |
| Droob | fool |
| Drop of the perch | glass of beer |
| Drop a brick/bomb | make a social blunder |
| Drop a clanger | impart embarrassing information, usually unintentionally |
| Drop kick | despicable or disliked person; Australian Rules Football term |
| Dropped your bundle | not coping with things |
| Dropped your guts | farted |
| Drover's dog | anyone at all eg. a drovers dog could have done it |
| get the Drum on that | get the truth on that |
| Dry as a dead dingo's donger | very thirsty; drought |
| Duck's dinner | drinking with nothing to eat |
| Duck's guts | something that is really good. (ie: a flash car) submitted by Mark Braham |
| Dud-dropper | one who sells cheap stuff as good stuff, implying that it's cheap because it fell off the back of a truck. stolen |
| up the Duff | pregnant |
| Duff gen | false or misleading information submitted by Lance Austin |
| Dummy spit | lose temper, get angry or upset submitted by Hoppy |
| Dunlop cheque | cheque that bounced - Dunlop is a rubber company in Australia |
| Dunny |  toilet |
| Dunny budgie | a fly |
| noisy as a Dunny door in a storm | something or someone making a continuous annoying noise |
| Durry | cigarette |
| Dust Devil | whirly wind or dust twister |
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