| 释义 |
mickery Austral.|ˈmɪkərɪ|
Also mickerie.
[Origin unknown.]
a. A type of well (see quot. 1934).
b. Marshy ground; = soak n. 2 d. Also attrib.
1934Bulletin (Sydney) 6 June 20/2 A mickery was a timbered well-shaft sunk into the sandy bed of a creek; it was worked by means of a pole placed across a forked stick, the pole having a bucket attached to one end and a weight to the other. 1935H. H. Finlayson Red Centre x. 98 The Wonkonguroos, themselves an offshoot of the Aruntas, occupying until recently what is known as the mickerie country, a desolation to the north-west of the Yalliyandas. 1945Baker Austral. Lang. iii. 58 Mickery country, country which holds moisture after rain or which is of swampy ‘soak’ type. |