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Pat Malone Rhyming slang (orig. and chiefly Austral.).|pæt məˈləʊn|
= own a. 3. Also ellipt. pat.
1908Mrs. A. Gunn We of Never-Never xii. 146 He travels day after day and month after month, practically alone—‘on me Pat Malone’, he calls it. 1908Austral. Mag. 1 Nov. 1251 ‘On my own’ (by myself) became ‘on my Pat Malone’ and subsequently ‘on my Pat’ a very general expression nowadays. 1916C. J. Dennis Moods of Ginger Mick 110 But, torkin' straight, the Janes 'as done their bit. I'd like to 'ug the lot, orl on me pat! 1930Bulletin (Sydney) 12 Mar. 47/1 On your pat now, aren't you? When did the old man go away? 1937E. Hill Great Austral. Loneliness i. 22 If I was out there on me Pat Malone for too long—. 1943N. Marsh Colour Scheme ix. 156 We're dopey if we let that bloke go off on his pat. 1948V. Palmer Golconda xv. 120 Perhaps if I start off [singing this duet] on my pat there's some of you will take pity and not see me left. 1952J. Cleary Sundowners 276 First the missus died, then a coupla months later he went, and I was left on me pat malone. 1959C. MacInnes Absolute Beginners 58 Standing there all on his Pat Malone. 1966‘L. Lane’ ABZ of Scouse 110 On me tod, by myself. An alternative phrase is on me pat. 1966G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. Austral. & N.Z. vi. 119 On one's pat ‘alone’..has reached New Zealand. 1971Private Eye 2 July 16 Pat malone again! Cripes I am cheesed. |