Talk:Australian English

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I am intrigued by the Australian use of the word "spill" to mean (apparently) a caucus meeting held with the purpose of trying to remove the leadership. It's very expressive, and I wonder how it developed. --Martin Wyatt (talk) 21:44, 5 March 2015 (UTC)

GA Wilkes, Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, 1990 edition, Sydney UP in association with OUP Australia, page 310:

spill In politics, the declaring of a number of offices in the party vacant as a result of one vacancy occurring.

Does that fit the context? Peter Jackson (talk) 11:34, 12 March 2015 (UTC)
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