English

Verb

whack the illy ‎(third-person singular simple present whacks the illy, present participle whacking the illy, simple past and past participle whacked the illy)

1. (Australia, colloquial, obsolete) To carry on small-time confidence tricks, ie. the activity of an illywhacker.

References

1. ↑ 2001, Susan Butler, The Dinkum Dictionary: The Origins of Australian Words, Text Publishing, ISBN 187648585X.