tooliesn.
/ˈtuːlɪz/, U.S. /ˈtuliz/, Canadian English /ˈtuːliz/ Canadian.
With plural agreement. Backwoods; remote or thinly populated regions.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > a land or country > part of country or district > [noun] > remote or outlying area
nookc1480
out-country1639
outland1645
remoteness1694
backwoods1709
back county1775
remote1838
Mountains of the Moon1852
nowhere1871
the sticks1899
way back1901
downstate1905
back o' Bourke1918
far-back1926
woop woop1926
boohai?1946
bundu1946
Dogpatch1946
outback1954
toolies1961
upstate1965
Watford1973
1961 R. P. Hobson Rancher takes Wife i. 22 We're plenty far back in the toolies at Batnuni.
1976 M. Machlin Pipeline xii. 141 This here's a program they got for people out in the toolies.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1986; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1961- turning-chisel
- turning-engine
- turning-evil
- turning-gauge
- turning-glass
- turning-gouge
- turning-lathe
- turning-loom
- turning-machine
- turning-mill
- turning-piece
- turning-pin
- turning-plate
- turning-point
- turning-rest
- turning-saw
- turning-steel
- turning-stile
- turning-table
- turning-tool
- turning-tree
- turning-up
- turning-wheel
- turningbeam
- turningbox