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Bulli Austral.|ˈbʊlaɪ|
The name of Bulli, a town south of Sydney, New South Wales, used (chiefly attrib.) to designate a type of soil used esp. for cricket pitches.
1904Westm. Gaz. 18 Apr. 3/1 This Bulli soil is wonderful in its resistance to wet... The wet does not run through the Bulli. 1907Daily Chron. 19 Dec. 4/7 The famous rain-resisting ‘Bulli soil’ of which the pitch on the Sydney Cricket Ground is composed. 1929Conan Doyle Maracot Deep 244 The perfect Bulli-earth wicket, so far as England could supply that commodity, reminded our visitors of their native conditions. 1963Guardian 4 May 4/6 The flawless bulli soil and merry creek pitches which were the terror of all bowlers half a century ago. |