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单词 mulga wire
释义

mulga wire

noun Australian
(the mulga wire) An informal network by which information or gossip is spread rapidly; the bush telegraph: official communications were poor but word travelled swiftly on the mulga wire...
  • Ah, the mulga wire's been at work.
  • I had been receiving worrying reports about her by mulga wire.
  • He gives the mulga wire version of the expedition.

Origin

Late 19th century: from mulga, an Australian variety of acacia that is abundant in the bush + wire.

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