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单词 mallee root
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mallee root
mallee root n. (a) the root of a mallee, used as a form of fuel; (b) Australian slang [rhyming slang; compare also root n.2 3, root v.2 6a.] , a prostitute.
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1892 Bulletin (Sydney) 27 Aug. 19/1 The old cronies sat together over a fire of mallee-root.
1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 45 Mallee root, a prostitute.
1964 N. Parker Myst. aboard Murrabit 13 Ed was small and gnarled, with unexpected thicks and thins like a mallee root.
1986 B. Hudson & L. Pickering First Austral. Dict. Vulgarities (at cited word) Mallee root, prostitute.
1988 Wheatbelt Mercury (Merredin, Austral.) 14 Sept. 22/1 These [events] include the wheelbarrow race, the hay stacking competition, the wool bale race, mallee root picking competition and the wheat bag throwing relay.
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