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Definition of Gentle Annie in English: Gentle Annienoun Australian, NZ ironic A steep slope or hill. driving across creeks with Gentle Annies on the other side is very trying to the nerves of elderly lady passengers Example sentencesExamples - There's more accommodation 15 kilometres further north and 3 kilometres down a side road at the Gentle Annie.
- In this vehicle, even the brilliant Gentle Annie between Taihape and Napier was chewed up with ease.
- We travelled via the Gentle Annie to Hawke's Bay before crossing over the range to catch the ferry.
- There was one moment at speed over a blind peak on the famous Gentle Annie near Taihape when the road was visible in the middle distance curling up the hill.
- There was no hanging on as we began the climb up Gentle Annie at Aramoana.
- He accompanied me across the Gentle Annies, as some facetious folk call the constantly recurring sandhills of the extreme northwestern corner of the colony.
- The only fly in the ointment today was Gentle Annie, a nasty hill.
- The early settlers liked to name these killer hills Gentle Annie, back in the horse and cart era!
- It is difficult to pinpoint the locality to which he referred, but our detailed mapping of the Gentle Annie section brought to light no limestone in situ.
- The Gentle Annie fold here is a convex formation closing to the east.
Origin Late 19th century: perhaps from the name of a famously steep road in New Zealand, between Taihape and Napier. |