Speewahn.

Brit.

/ˈspiːwɑː/, U.S.

/ˈspiˌwɑ/, Australian English /ˈspiːwʌː/

Forms: Also Speewa, etc.

Etymology: < Speewah, the name of a remote locality reputedly north-west of Swan Hill in Victoria, and of a legendary sheep station supposedly situated there.

Australian.

An imaginary place used as the setting for unlikely and tall stories of the Australian outback. Also, a story of this kind.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > realm of imagination > [noun] > imaginary place

fairyc1330

rumbelow?1515

Hogs Norton?1565

fairyland1600

wonderland1790

other world1804

dreamland1832

Fourth World1833

cloudland1846

Loamshire1859

looking-glass land1871

looking-glass world1871

under-land1874

cloud-world1884

Speewah1890

Ruritania1894

cloud-cuckoo-land1899

cuckoo-land1916

fantasy world1920

Squaresville1956

la-la land1979

society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > specific fictional places

Gondal1834

Speewah1890

Pornosec1949

1890 Truth (Sydney) 16 Nov. 1/4 Dear Mr Truth—I have just returned from ‘the Spewah country’, where we have to crawl on our hands and knees to get under the clouds.

1911 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Aug. 14/3 If any snagger boasted of having shorn 32 sheep in the breakfast ‘run’, there was always someone present to mention that ‘Crooked Mick’, at Speewah, had done 33 in the same time.

1944 A. Marshall These are My People 154 I had heard of Speewa, that mythical station used as a setting for all the lies put over on new-chums... It's a big place. When I was there they had to get two Chinese to mix the mustard with long-handled shovels.

1962 Australasian Post (Melbourne) 25 Oct. 38 The Speewah lies way out west o' sunset where the crows fly backwards to see where they're coming from.

1965 B. Wannan Fair Go, Spinner ii. 64 I had a relation on Speewah station. He told me what he'd seen there; I won't deny it sounds a lie But then I've never been there.

1979 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 May 1/2 Each must tell a speerwah, or bush yarn, for more than four minutes.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	speewah
释义	Speewahn. Brit. /ˈspiːwɑː/, U.S. /ˈspiˌwɑ/, Australian English /ˈspiːwʌː/ Forms: Also Speewa, etc. Etymology: < Speewah, the name of a remote locality reputedly north-west of Swan Hill in Victoria, and of a legendary sheep station supposedly situated there. Australian. An imaginary place used as the setting for unlikely and tall stories of the Australian outback. Also, a story of this kind. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of imagination > mental image, idea, or fancy > realm of imagination > [noun] > imaginary place fairyc1330 rumbelow?1515 Hogs Norton?1565 fairyland1600 wonderland1790 other world1804 dreamland1832 Fourth World1833 cloudland1846 Loamshire1859 looking-glass land1871 looking-glass world1871 under-land1874 cloud-world1884 Speewah1890 Ruritania1894 cloud-cuckoo-land1899 cuckoo-land1916 fantasy world1920 Squaresville1956 la-la land1979 society > leisure > the arts > literature > prose > narrative or story > fiction > [noun] > specific fictional places Gondal1834 Speewah1890 Pornosec1949 1890 Truth (Sydney) 16 Nov. 1/4 Dear Mr Truth—I have just returned from ‘the Spewah country’, where we have to crawl on our hands and knees to get under the clouds. 1911 Bulletin (Sydney) 17 Aug. 14/3 If any snagger boasted of having shorn 32 sheep in the breakfast ‘run’, there was always someone present to mention that ‘Crooked Mick’, at Speewah, had done 33 in the same time. 1944 A. Marshall These are My People 154 I had heard of Speewa, that mythical station used as a setting for all the lies put over on new-chums... It's a big place. When I was there they had to get two Chinese to mix the mustard with long-handled shovels. 1962 Australasian Post (Melbourne) 25 Oct. 38 The Speewah lies way out west o' sunset where the crows fly backwards to see where they're coming from. 1965 B. Wannan Fair Go, Spinner ii. 64 I had a relation on Speewah station. He told me what he'd seen there; I won't deny it sounds a lie But then I've never been there. 1979 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 12 May 1/2 Each must tell a speerwah, or bush yarn, for more than four minutes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1890
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