ploorer

Updated: June 29, 2025

He got them all right presently and butter fell to fourpence a pound. He and the aforesaid cocky made arrangements to send their butter to a better market; and then the cows contracted a disease which was known in those parts as "plooro permoanyer," but generally referred to as "th' ploorer."

Henry Lawson - While the Billy Boils

Then suddenly, 'It ain't drought it's the ploorer at last! or I'm blanked! Mac. feared the advent of that cattle-plague, pleuro-pneumonia, which was raging on some other stations, but had been hitherto kept clear of Job's run. 'We'll go and see, if you like, suggested Doc. Wild. They turned out across the flat, the horses picking their way amongst the dried tufts and fallen branches.

Henry Lawson - Joe Wilson and His Mates