单词 | bullocky's joy |
释义 | > as lemmasbullocky's (or bullockys') joy c. bullocky's (or bullockys') joy: treacle or golden syrup. Australian and New Zealand slang. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > sweetener > syrup > [noun] > in sugar manufacture > golden syrup golden syrup1839 bullocky's (or bullockys') joy1918 1918 R. H. Knyvett ‘Over There’ with Australians iv. xvii. 158 This last is merely molasses or ‘golden syrup’ called ‘bullocky's joy’..because it is the chief covering for slices of bread with the bullock-driver. 1929 A. Russell Diary 6 Mar. in Tramp-royal in Wild Austral. (1934) xxxi. 202 Damper and ‘bullockys' joy’ (treacle) take the place of porridge. 1946 L. R. C. Macfarlane Amuri iii. 109 Out in camp he lived on hard bread, meat and bullockey's joy (treacle). < as lemmas |
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