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piff
(I picked this one up in Port Augusta, SA) to throw. Can also be used to mean pass in the same way chuck is used: Piff us a beer; He was piffing rocks at us.
Contributor's comments: I grew up in Melbourne, where this was used extensively.
Contributor's comments: [Melbourne informant] Piffing yonnies = throwing stones: When I was young, I got in trouble for piffing yonnies at the neighbour's kids.
Contributor's comments: [Sydney informant] I certainly "chucked yonnies" in my youth but never "piffed yonnies".
Contributor's comments: [Melbourne informant] To throw playfully: "Tom piffed the ball of paper across the classroom."
Contributor's comments: To piff or to chuck a yonnie. My father (60) used the former verb, while my generation (30s) used the latter.
Contributor's comments: Piff was used in Latrobe Valley Vic in 50s to mean throw - yonnies included!
Contributor's comments: I grew up in Queensland (Sunshine Coast) and only moved to Central Gippy (Gippsland) last year and had never heard the word piff until then. We used to "peg" things at each other, i.e. peg a ball of paper at the teacher.
Contributor's comments: I am from Victoria, and we "piff" things. I have never heard of "peg".