bedourie
/bəˈdʊəri/noun Australian
A dust storm: to the west, a bedourie was gathering...
- These haboob-style dust storms are known locally as bedouries—named after a small town to the west on Eyre Creek.
- Growing up in Australia: bush fires, bedouries, the smell of the mulga in winter.
- The westerly winds associated with this front were quite vigorous, and they actually produced a line of rolling dust storms, which are sometimes known as bedouries.
Origin
1930s: from Bedourie, a town in south-west Queensland.
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