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单词 back o bourke
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back o' Bourken.

Brit. /ˌbak ə ˈbəːk/, U.S. /ˌbæk ə ˈbərk/, Australian English /ˌbæk ə(v) ˈbɜːk/
Etymology: < Bourke, a town in the extreme west of New South Wales.
Australian slang.
Remote inland country; the ‘back of beyond’.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > remote or outlying area
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1918 N. Campbell & L. Nelson Dinky-di Soldier 26 They smile to see me ploddin' on along the Bathurst road, The long, long road that runs to back o' Bourke.
1930 Bulletin (Sydney) 3 Dec. 12/2 He [sc. the cadger] had come to town from Back o' Bourke to see the Minister about a wheat scheme.
1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 20 Dec. 20/1 Choom had come straight from the ship to the back o' Bourke on book-keeping duty.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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