mulga wiren.

Brit.

/ˈmʌlɡə ˌwʌɪə/, U.S.

/ˈməlɡə ˌwaɪ(ə)r/, Australian English

/ˈmʌlɡə ˌwɑeə/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mulga n., wire n.¹

Etymology: < mulga n. + wire n.¹ (compare sense 9b(b) at that entry), perhaps after bush telegraph n. at bush n.¹ Compounds 2. Perhaps compare earlier grapevine n. 2a.

Australian and New Zealand.

1. An informal network for conveying information; a piece of information so conveyed; a rumour, esp. a false report. Cf. bush telegraph n. at bush n.¹ Compounds 2, and grapevine n. 2a. See also mulga n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > [noun] > channel of information, communication, etc.

mulga1899

mulga wire1899

pipeline1916

1899 Bulletin (Sydney) 4 Mar. 15/2 A lie or false report is, in N.S.W., a ‘Mulga’ or ‘Mulga-wire’.

1899 Bulletin (Sydney) 15 July 31/1 Swaggie..pulled up..and hailed the boss. ‘Any show of a job, sir?’ (The ‘mulga wires’ had posted him as to civilities.)

1913 H. Lawson Triangles of Life iii, in Stories (1964) 3rd Ser. 182 Tom had been out early, or had got what we call a bush telegraphy or mulga wire.

1937 E. Hill Great Austral. Loneliness 329 Mulga wires. Bush telegraph, gossip of the outback.

1964 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 3 Mar. 17 The grapevine or ‘mulga wire’ in opera circles was instrumental in the return to Wellington of [a]..mezzo-soprano.

1983 M. Durack Sons in Saddle 123 Local gossip flourished through a word-of-mouth medium referred to as ‘the bushman's mulga wire’.

2. Australian. An Australian Aboriginal system of long-distance communication, usually by means of smoke signals; a signal or message sent by this means.

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > [noun] > medium of

conveyance1548

internunce1674

canal1722

mulga wire1927

1927 M. Dorney Adventurous Honeymoon 134 The blacks have a wonderful code for signalling by smoke. Messages sent in this way are said by the witches to have been sent by ‘mulga wire’.

1937 E. Hill Great Austral. Loneliness xxiii. 207 Warned by the mulga wires of the approach of a white woman.

1940 A. Upfield Bushranger of Skies ix. 101 This morning I found Itcheroo squatted before a little fire and sending or receiving a mulga wire.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mulga wire
释义	mulga wiren. Brit. /ˈmʌlɡə ˌwʌɪə/, U.S. /ˈməlɡə ˌwaɪ(ə)r/, Australian English /ˈmʌlɡə ˌwɑeə/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: mulga n., wire n.¹ Etymology: < mulga n. + wire n.¹ (compare sense 9b(b) at that entry), perhaps after bush telegraph n. at bush n.¹ Compounds 2. Perhaps compare earlier grapevine n. 2a. Australian and New Zealand. 1. An informal network for conveying information; a piece of information so conveyed; a rumour, esp. a false report. Cf. bush telegraph n. at bush n.¹ Compounds 2, and grapevine n. 2a. See also mulga n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > communication > [noun] > channel of information, communication, etc. mulga1899 mulga wire1899 pipeline1916 1899 Bulletin (Sydney) 4 Mar. 15/2 A lie or false report is, in N.S.W., a ‘Mulga’ or ‘Mulga-wire’. 1899 Bulletin (Sydney) 15 July 31/1 Swaggie..pulled up..and hailed the boss. ‘Any show of a job, sir?’ (The ‘mulga wires’ had posted him as to civilities.) 1913 H. Lawson Triangles of Life iii, in Stories (1964) 3rd Ser. 182 Tom had been out early, or had got what we call a bush telegraphy or mulga wire. 1937 E. Hill Great Austral. Loneliness 329 Mulga wires. Bush telegraph, gossip of the outback. 1964 Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.) 3 Mar. 17 The grapevine or ‘mulga wire’ in opera circles was instrumental in the return to Wellington of [a]..mezzo-soprano. 1983 M. Durack Sons in Saddle 123 Local gossip flourished through a word-of-mouth medium referred to as ‘the bushman's mulga wire’. 2. Australian. An Australian Aboriginal system of long-distance communication, usually by means of smoke signals; a signal or message sent by this means. ΘΚΠ society > communication > [noun] > medium of conveyance1548 internunce1674 canal1722 mulga wire1927 1927 M. Dorney Adventurous Honeymoon 134 The blacks have a wonderful code for signalling by smoke. Messages sent in this way are said by the witches to have been sent by ‘mulga wire’. 1937 E. Hill Great Austral. Loneliness xxiii. 207 Warned by the mulga wires of the approach of a white woman. 1940 A. Upfield Bushranger of Skies ix. 101 This morning I found Itcheroo squatted before a little fire and sending or receiving a mulga wire. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1899
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