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Coolgardie safe Austral.
[The name of a town in Western Australia + safe n. 1.]
A safe for holding food.
1940A. Gaston Coolgardie Gold xi. 135 Eventually one of the most useful articles now used in all dry areas of Australia was invented—the Coolgardie cool-safe. 1948V. Palmer Golconda x. 76 A Coolgardie safe hung near the window. 1959H. P. Tritton Time means Tucker 72/1 Many homesteads had a Coolgardie-safe, which was a frame covered with flyproof netting. On top was a wide, flat pan, and strips of hessian hung from the pan to the floor. These strips would draw water and keep the air in the safe reasonably cool. |