单词 | white shoe brigade |
释义 | > as lemmaswhite shoe brigade white shoe brigade n. Australian a group of businesspeople (esp. property developers) of 1980s Queensland, particularly when perceived as aggressively commercial, vulgarly showy, and politically conservative; spec. that group which supported state premier Johannes Bjelke-Petersen's1985–7 bid to become Prime Minister. ΚΠ 1984white shoe brigade [see sense 2]. 1991 Sun Herald (Sydney) (Nexis) 15 Sept. 28 Gore, famed for his brash bigotry and for leading the ‘white shoe brigade's’ Joh for PM push. 1998 AQ: Austral. Q. July 13/3 A lot of the hustlers out to make a buck—the heirs and successors of the White Shoe brigade. 2010 Weekend Austral. (Nexis) 12 June 4 The ambitious next stage of the Port Hinchinbrook luxury resort, the dream of white-shoe brigade pioneer Keith Williams, is in doubt. < as lemmas |
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