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单词 Captain Cook
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Definition of Captain Cook in English:

Captain Cook

noun
Australian, NZ rhyming slang

  • A look.

    we decided to take a Captain Cook at the next hotel
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I want you all to take a Captain Cook as we drive across the south of the continent.
    • Take a Captain Cook at this.
    • John Howard wanted Australia to take a Captain Cook at its history curriculum.
    • There is a station and town that I missed, so have a Captain Cook at it.
    • I finally dragged myself away from the delights of Moonee Valley racecourse and Bondi Beach to take a “Captain Cook” at the Aussie stockmarket.

Origin

1920s: from Cook, Captain James, the English explorer who first charted Australia and New Zealand.

 
 
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