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单词 derwenter
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Derwentern.

Brit. /ˈdəːwəntə/, U.S. /ˈdərwəntər/, Australian English /ˈdɜːwəntə/
Etymology: < the name of the river Derwent in Tasmania, on the banks of which was a convict settlement.
Australia.
A released convict.
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1853 J. Rochfort Adventures Surveyor ii. 16 Here we engaged a new steward..who I think was a Derwenter from what I have since seen of him.
1884 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Old Melbourne Mem. xx. 140 An odd pair of Sawyers, generally ‘Derwenters’ as the Tasmanian expirees were called.
1892 in K. Lentzner Austral. Word-bk. 20.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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