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单词 sydney
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Sydneyn.

Brit. /ˈsɪdni/, U.S. /ˈsɪdni/
Etymology: < Sydney, the name of the capital city of New South Wales.
In Australian colloquial phrase Sydney or the bush, all or nothing. Cf. bush n.1 9.
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the mind > will > decision > resolution or determination > [phrase] > determination regardless of consequences
at all perilsc1300
sinka1393
sink or swimc1410
neck or nothing1673
coûte que coûte1715
at all costs1810
Sydney or the bush1924
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > type of bet
swoopstake1599
by-beta1627
levant1714
even money1732
play or pay bet1738
side bet1769
long shot1796
sweep1849
pay-or-play1853
sweepstake1861
pari-mutuel1868
to go a raker1869
flutter1874
skinner1874
by-wager1886
plunge1888
accumulator1889
saver1891
mutuel1893
quinella1902
parlay1904
Sydney or the bush1924
treble1924
daily double1930
all-up1933
round robin1944
double1951
twin double1960
perfecta1961
pool1963
lose bet1964
tiercé1964
Yankee bet1964
Yankee1967
nap1971
superfecta1971
tricast1972
triple1972
trixie1973
telebetting1974
trifecta1974
over-and-under1975
over-under1981
spread bet1981
1924 Truth (Sydney) 27 Apr. 6 Sydney or the bush, all or nothing.
1930 E. Shann Econ. Hist. Austral. 365Sydney or the bush!’ cries the Australian when he gambles against odds.
1970 R. Beilby No Medals for Aphrodite 34 ‘Here we go,’ Turk murmured grimly, climbing in behind the wheel. ‘It's Sydney or the bush! Keep your fingers crossed.’

Compounds

Special combinations.
C1.
Sydney-side n. [side n.1 20b] Sydney and the surrounding area; also as adj.
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > named cities or towns > [noun] > in Australia > Sydney
Sydney-side1888
1872 W. M. Hugo Hist. First Bushmen's Club in Austral. Colonies 108 Very frequently, however, they are not allowed to proceed so far as the city, but get ‘bailed up’, as they call it on the Sydney side, before they reach their destination.]
1888 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms I. i. 1 My name's Dick Marston, Sydney-side native.
1928 ‘Brent of Bin Bin’ Up Country v. 67 She was..supposed to be..a descendant..of the famous Sydney-side sire ‘Clifton’.
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 75 Sydneyside, originally the area which is now N.S.W. Later, especially the area of Sydney.
Sydneysider n. a resident or native of Sydney or of New South Wales.
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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
1865 H. Kingsley Hillyars & Burtons III. xiii. 144 The Sydney~siders' loss is considered by him to have been far greater.
1931 Times Lit. Suppl. 1 Oct. 738/1 A fear of its [sc. Melbourne's] writers..echoed the nationalist emotion, but in abstract terms that lacked the appeal of the Sydney-siders.
1980 N. Marsh Photo-finish vii. 199 He was a self-made man, a Sydneysider.
C2. Natural History. In the names of plants or animals associated with the region.
Sydney blue gum n. a flooded gum, Eucalyptus saligna.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > eucalyptus trees
yellow box1662
gum tree1676
white gum tree1733
whip-stick1782
peppermint1790
red gum tree1790
red mahogany1798
white gum1798
box1801
blue gum1802
eucalyptus1809
box tree1819
black-butted gum1820
bloodwood1827
white ash1830
blackbutt1833
morrel1837
mountain ash1837
mallee scrub1845
apple gum1846
flooded gum1847
Moreton Bay ash1847
mallee1848
swamp gum1852
box-gum1855
manna gum1855
white top1856
river gum1860
grey box1861
woolly butt1862
marlock1863
fever tree1867
red ironbark1867
river white gum1867
karri1870
yellow jacket1876
eucalypt1877
yapunyah1878
coolibah1879
scribbly gum1883
forest mahogany1884
yellow jack1884
rose gum1885
Jimmy Low1887
nankeen gum1889
slaty gum1889
sugar-gum1889
apple box1890
Murray red gum1895
creek-gum1898
eucalyptian1901
forest red gum1904
river red gum1920
napunyah1921
whitewash gum1923
ghost gum1928
snow gum1928
Sydney blue gum1932
salmon gum1934
lapunyah1940
1932 R. H. Anderson Trees New South Wales v. 101 Sydney Blue Gum... A tall-growing, shaft-like species.
1933 D. G. Stead Tree Bk. 24 A splendid tree is the Sydney Blue Gum, also called Flooded Gum. This tree grows to more than 150 feet high in the eastern forests of New South Wales and southern Queensland.
1965 Austral. Encycl. III. 405/1 Large Sydney blue gums or flooded gums (E. saligna) at Tamborine Mountain.
Sydney golden wattle n. a shrub or small tree, Acacia longifolia.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > acacia trees > [noun]
acacia1542
babul1696
marblewood1753
black wattle1802
popinac1809
wattlec1810
wattle-treec1810
giraffe tree1815
haakdoring1822
hookthorn1822
kameeldoorn1822
camel-thorn1824
catechu-tree1829
silver wattle1832
blackthorn1833
thorny acacia1834
boobyalla1835
seyal1844
mulga1848
thorn-wood1850
hackthorn1857
mimosa1857
poison tree1857
Port Jackson1857
talha1857
golden wattle1859
whitethorn acacia1860
buffalo thorn1866
nelia1867
siris1874
cassie1876
couba1878
needlebush1884
sallow wattle1884
sally1884
giddea1885
prickly Moses1887
yarran1888
opopanax tree1889
wait-a-while1889
fever tree1893
giraffe acacia1896
stay-a-while1898
brigalow1901
wirra1904
cootamundra1909
Sydney golden wattle1909
witchetty bush1911
rooikrans1917
jam-tree1934
whistling thorn1949
blackthorn1966
1909 A. E. Mack Bush Cal. 20 Flowers blooming [in September]. Acacia longifolia. Sydney golden wattle.
1976 Hortus Third (L. H. Bailey Hortorium) 6/1 Sydney golden wattle..flower heads in loose spikes.
Sydney silky n. (also Sydney silkie) a small stocky terrier of the breed so called, with long, silky, grey-blue fur and tan markings.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > terrier > [noun] > other types of
Irish terrier1798
Dandie Dinmont1851
Welsh terrier1857
Bedlington1867
Jack Russell1878
Airedale1880
Clydesdale1887
Border terrier1894
Manchester terrier1894
Sealyham1894
schnauzer1899
pinscher1906
Cairn terrier1910
Kerry blue terrier1922
Lakeland terrier1928
wheaten1943
Sydney silky1945
Manchester1971
Norfolk1971
wire1975
1945 C. L. B. Hubbard Observer's Bk. Dogs 21 Sydney Silky dogs are frequently crossed with Australians [Australian terriers].
1965 Austral. Encycl. III. 265/2 The Sydney silky, classed as a toy dog,..has a coat of steel-blue, silky hair up to 6 inches long, with a tan face, legs and points.
1977 N.Z. Herald 8 Jan. iv. 9/7 (advt.) Sydney silkie dog pups, 6 wks. old.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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