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June 21^st, 1831 – The only talk now is of black women. Can and Leek spruik their foul and immoral stories by the fire at night and the rest of the men grow excited and the mood of the camp becomes restless.

 

 

 

Tim Winton. Shallows (1985). London: Picador, 1991, p. 107.

 

 

 

 

[D'après l'OED, la première occurrence écrite de spruik date de 1916.]