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单词 mulga-bred
释义

mulga-bred

adjective Australian informal
(Of an animal or person) reared or brought up in the countryside and therefore considered inferior or inclined to be headstrong: a whole lot of mulga-bred mares were slipped in unobserved...
  • He was mulga-bred and had never lived in Sydney.
  • The camels were all mulga bred.
  • When I had mulga-bred cattle in hand, I always picked a camp with good ground round it.

Origin

Late 19th century: from mulga, an Australian variety of acacia that is abundant in the bush, + bred.

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