单词 | back o bourke |
释义 | back o' Bourken. Australian slang. Remote inland country; the ‘back of beyond’. ΘΚΠ 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 nookc1480 out-country1639 outland1645 remoteness1694 backwoods1709 back county1775 remote1838 Mountains of the Moon1852 nowhere1871 the sticks1899 way back1901 downstate1905 back o' Bourke1918 far-back1926 woop woop1926 boohai?1946 bundu1946 Dogpatch1946 outback1954 toolies1961 upstate1965 Watford1973 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). < n.1918 |
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