I have just encountered my first Newfoundland word jillick and what a smasher it it is. I have slightly massacred the Queensland version of the unofficial Australian song (and suicide's official anthem):
Oh there once was a swagman camped in a billabong
Under the shade of the coolibah tree
And he sang as he looked at his old billy boiling
Who'll come a jillicking Matilda with me?
Chorus:
Who'll come a jillicking Matilda my darling?
Who'll come a jillicking Matilda with me?
Jillicking Matilda and leading a water bag
Who'll come a jillicking Matilda with me?
Down came a jumbuck to drink at the water hole
Up jumped the swagman and grabbed him with glee
And he sang as he stowed him away in his tucker bag
You'll come a jillicking Matilda with me
(Chorus)
Down came the squatter a'riding his thoroughbred
Down came policemen one two three
Whose is the jumbuck you've got in your tucker bag?
You'll come a jillicking Matilda with me
(Chorus)
But the swagman he up and he jumped in the water hole
Drowning himself by the coolibah tree
And his ghost may be heard as it sings in the billabong
Who'll come a jillicking Matilda with me?
(Chorus)
Any comment, improvements?
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Feel free to reply to any comment by clicking the "Reply" button.What does the word mean? I assume it is not the contraction of Jill licking. 
David1955
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June 19, 2019
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LMAO it is close - jillicking is the ancient pastime of skimming stones across water.
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