| 单词 | on the wallaby track |
| 释义 | > as lemmason the wallaby track 2. on the wallaby track, hence shortened on the wallaby: on tramp; wandering about on foot, whether in search of work or aimlessly as a vagrant. ΘΚΠ society > travel > aspects of travel > travel from place to place > travelling from place to place [phrase] > wandering > as a tramp on (also upon) the road1642 on the pad1665 on (the) tramp1760 on the wallaby track1865 on (also in) a (or the) shaughraun1922 on the swag1941 1865 E. J. Overbury Wallaby Track in Stewart & Keesing Old Bush Songs (1957) 233 There are others who stick during sheaving, Then shoulder their swags on their back; For the rest of the year they'll be steering On their well-beloved Wallaby Track. 1869 M. Clarke Peripatetic Philosopher 41 An old bush ditty, which I have heard sung when I was on the ‘Wallaby’. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer ix What is the meaning of ‘out on the wallaby’?..It's bush slang, sir, for men just as you or I might be now, looking for work or something to eat. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xxvii He wanted a summer on the wallaby track to open his mind. 1896 R. Kipling Seven Seas 96 And some of us hunt on the Oil Coast, And some on—the Wallaby track. < as lemmas |
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