单词 | outbacker |
释义 | outbackern. Chiefly Australian. A native or inhabitant of the Australian outback, or (rarely) of the remote inland regions of another country; a person of unsophisticated attitudes or customs. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of Australia > [noun] > parts of bushboya1834 Melbournite1838 Melburnian1838 bushman1846 Vandemonian1852 scrubber1859 Queenslander1860 Victorian1862 Sydneysider1865 Centralian1875 Waler1880 Territorian1882 mutton-bird1892 bushy1896 sand-groper1896 tothersider1896 crow-eater1899 Bananalander1900 outbacker1900 Tassie1905 groper1924 Tasmanian1934 mutton-bird eater1941 Top-Ender1941 Kanakalander1945 1900 Bulletin (Sydney) 1 Sept. 15/1 Swat (Q.), from a travelled ‘out-backer's’ view, may be considered an elysium. 1913 W. K. Harris Outback in Austral. i. 3 Another feature in the character of the Outbacker..is his honesty. 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 18 Jan. 11 Paddy Whelan is far from being the first outbacker to do a perish for water. 1981 Austral. Women's Weekly (Sydney) 18 Nov. 21/1 Part of the route was along a ‘highway’—the Connie-Sue, cleared by legendary outbacker Len Biddell. 1994 Denver Post 5 Sept. a16/1 Even in parts of Nebraska, young people often admonish one another not to act like an ‘outbacker’, dressing or talking like someone from the country. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1900 |
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