Honey, could it possibly have come from Huckleberry Finn, who could reasonably be said to be "old, run-down, shabby or askew"? Or perhaps the word huckleberry was formerly used for that, and this is a corruption? (WG)

standard Zild accent

Thanks for that, Max - quite a useful reference to be able to quote in discussion of sounds of language. "This dunce may yet dance by chance..!"

Yeah, Max, I enjoyed it too! Now can you find us a Zild accent [sic] site where we can hear complete sentences? I'd like to hear intonation and the existence or not of the intrusive R effect...

the nether regions way down North

Me'n'theASP got us a globe proves you're wrong, Max. We'll bring it to Wordapalooka?.

Max ain't no palooka!

As proof of Max's position, please note that when Aussies and Kiwis participate in Olympic events, their final standings are routinely among the high numbers, such as place #45 or #53 -- none of those low numbers like 1, 2 or 3 for them!

Me'n'theASP got us a globe proves you're wrong, Max. We'll bring it to Wordapalooka?.

see Animal Safari

BTW, Max is fully correct on his sports statistics about Australia -- and in the generalization he draws from them. But Max, I just couldn't resist the opportunity to join in the "upside down" wordplay.

a shudder...

No worries, mate. Duly filed under appropriate category of linguistic resources, so thanks for the morning tease...