Pat Malone
/pat məˈləʊn
/noun (in phrase on one's Pat Malone or pat) Australian /NZ informal
On one’s own.Travelling with my Aussie mates, we took turns to navigate, but now I'm on my Pat Malone again....
- Being all on my pat up there that evening somehow gave me the dingbats properly.
- Robyn then left the stage, leaving yours truly all on his Pat Malone.
Origin
Early 20th century: rhyming slang.
- schoolroomy
- school rule
- school run
- schools broadcast
- schools broadcasting
- school schnapper
- school-scholar
- school section
- school shark
- school ship
- schools inspector
- school snapper
- school sores
- schools program
- schools programme
- schools television
- school subject
- schoolteacher
- schoolteaching
- school time
- school trustee
- school vacation
- school voucher
- school wage
- schoolward