单词 | melbournite |
释义 | Melbourniten. Chiefly Australian. = Melburnian n. ΘΚΠ the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Antipodes > native or inhabitant of Australia > [noun] > parts of bushboya1834 Melbournite1838 Melburnian1838 bushman1846 Vandemonian1852 scrubber1859 Queenslander1860 Victorian1862 Sydneysider1865 Centralian1875 Waler1880 Territorian1882 mutton-bird1892 bushy1896 sand-groper1896 tothersider1896 crow-eater1899 Bananalander1900 outbacker1900 Tassie1905 groper1924 Tasmanian1934 mutton-bird eater1941 Top-Ender1941 Kanakalander1945 1838 Sydney Monitor 16 Nov. Thomas Coombes cautions the Melbournites against his wife. 1872 W. C. Taylor Jottings on Austral. 2 Adelaide wheat is very fine, and has led to the city being called by the Melbournites ‘the farinaceous village’. 1878 Age (Melbourne) 17 June 7/4 The defence of the Melbourneites proved too good. 1898 H. Matthews Chat about Austral. 11 Victorians in general, and Melbournites in particular, take the palm from all Australians for their partiality to holidays and sports. 1955 ‘S. Rudo’ Far & Near 11 We reached the famous Sydney Harbour Bridge, or as Melbournites call it, the Coathanger. 1989 Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 6 Oct. 4/3 A group of Melbournites,..holidaying on Bedarra Island, sent out an SOS to Melbourne this week, asking for a video of the VFL grand final. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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