dry as a dead dingo's donger

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1. Australianot comparableslangvulgarsimileVery dry, extremely dry.

   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.

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

   2008, Di Morrissey, Heart of the Dreaming, page 376

   ‘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, Jessica Rudd, Campaign Ruby, page 181

   Synonyms: dry as a nun's cunt, dry as a nun's nasty

2. Australianot comparableslangvulgarsimileVery thirsty.

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

   2010, Gabrielle Lord, The Sharp End, unnumbered page

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

   2001, David Franklin, Looking for Sarah Jane Smith, unnumbered page

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

   2005, Patrick Taylor, Now and in the Hour of Our Death, page 70