Word: cobber
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Britain's rowdy tabloids had a field day, with headlines like HANDS ORF, COBBER! and Australian political foes accused him of disrespect. Keating retorted that he had learned "self-regard for Australia, and not some cultural cringe" toward Britain. He repeated the hoary complaint that Britain's swift loss of Singapore to the Japanese in 1942 had left Australia defenseless...