Australian slang starting with Q

10 Aussie words and phrases beginning with Q: from quack to quoll.

• quackA doctor, with no suggestion of being a fraud; among soldiers, the medical officer.
• quaddieA quadrella: a bet that requires picking the winners of four nominated races.
• quandongA small tree of inland Australia, or its bright red, tart fruit, used in jams and pies.
• quart potA tin pot holding about a quart, used for boiling water and drinking tea, and often carried in a leather…
• quarter-acre blockA traditional suburban house block, seen as part of the great Australian dream of owning your own home with…
• QueenslanderA person from Queensland. A traditional Queensland timber house raised on stumps, with wide verandahs and…
• quick quidMoney made fast and easily, often by dubious means. Usually 'make a quick quid'.
• quidOriginally a pound in money; now loosely a dollar, or money in general, as in 'make a quid'.
• quokkaA small, round-faced wallaby, Setonix brachyurus, found mainly on Rottnest Island and in south-western…
• quollA spotted, cat-sized carnivorous marsupial of the genus Dasyurus, found in Australia and New Guinea.