Meaning of dry as a dead dingo's donger | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Very dry, extremely dry.
   Australia, informal, not-comparable
2. Very thirsty.
   Australia, informal, not-comparable

Examples

“‘Not on a Sunday, mate. Town's as dry as a dead dingo′s donger. This is Queensland,’ explained one of the station hands.”

“‘It′s been an absolute bloody stinker today, hasn′t it?’ said the tanned octogenarian in an almost indecipherable Australian accent. ‘Dry as a dead dingo′s donger.’”

“2010, Peter FitzSimons, Tobruk, eBook, unnumbered page, Not a blade of anything seemed to grow in those parts; the whole place was as dry as a dead dingo′s donger, and yet, somehow, just, the local population seemed to hang on.”

“‘No worries,’ Frank said, paying for his drink. ‘Boy, I need this. I′m drier than a dead dingo′s donger.’”

““Let′s have a bottle.” Tim leant across and whispered, “I′m as dry as a dead dingo′s donger.””

“‘Christ, I need a beer,’ Brennan muttered. ‘I'm dry as a dead dingo′s donger.’”

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