| 单词 | sucker-bashing |
| 释义 | > as lemmassucker-bashing sucker-bashing n. Australian slang (see quots. 1945, 1953). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun] > clearing young or small trees cleaning1891 severance felling1895 severance cutting1905 sucker-bashing1945 1945 J. A. Allan Men & Manners in Austral. 89 Before that the settlers had cut the scrub a foot above ground, piled the refuse round the stumps, and fired it as the new shoots appeared. Even after that, ‘sucker bashing’—which had raised the cost of clearing to 15/- an acre—had still been needed. 1953 S. J. Baker Austral. Speaks iii. 80 Sucker bashing, work at cutting down saplings. 1962 Australasian Post (Melbourne) 25 Oct. 40 Whilst sucker-bashing at Mirambigo Station. < as lemmas |
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