单词 | narangy |
释义 | narangyn. Australian. A person on a station who is ranked below the boss but above the station hand. ΚΠ 1903 ‘T. Collins’ Such is Life 204 Being a little too exalted for the men's hut, and a great deal too vile for the boss's house, I was quartered in the narangies' barracks. 1964 J. S. Manifold Who wrote Ballads? 86 Next below the homestead socially comes the ‘narangy barracks’, ‘bachelors' quarters’ or ‘jackaroos' quarters’. 1967 G. Jenkin Two Years Bardunyah Station 73 Narangies, salaried people on the staff of a station, as distinct from the stockmen and others on a weekly wage. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1903 |
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