单词 | apple island |
释义 | Apple Islandn. Australian colloquial. The island or state of Tasmania. Usually with the. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Australasia > [noun] > Australia > Tasmania Tassie1894 Apple Island1906 Apple Isle1906 the Speck1930 1906 Gadfly (Adelaide) 21 Mar. 17/3 The apple island still continues to attract a few stragglers from our city. 1945 Bull. (Sydney) 25 July 12/1 Following on the successful acclimatisation of the koala in Tasmania, the Apple Island received a consignment of lyre-birds. 2004 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 9 Nov. 47 A former Tasmanian who left the Apple Island four years ago. Derivatives ˌApple ˈIslander n. a Tasmanian. ΚΠ 1928 Aussie: Cheerful Mag. Apr. 15/3 The newly-arrived Apple Islander blinked his eyes nervously. 2002 Sunday Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 25 Aug. x. 10 Many Apple Islanders refuse to believe Oberon is anything but one of their own. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < |
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