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Furphy
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Furphy
Joseph, pen name Tom Collins. 1843--1912, Australian author. His works include the classic Australian novel Such is Life (1903) and The Buln-Buln and the Brolga (1948)


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That Jezebel is telling furphies about me," as Becks might say.
Dido, her foibles and some bored games by Huddersfield Daily Examiner (Huddersfield, England)
There were furphies around of bodies being "mined" and assurances from the authorities that no casualties to burial parties had occurred because of this.
Burying the 1st AIF * by Gunn, Gail / Sabretache
Through a meticulous analysis of a range of documentation he shows that many of the so-called `truths' about literacy standards and teaching are just furphies.
Breaking some of the myths - again by Brock, Paul / Australian Journal of Language and Literacy
 
 
 
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