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brickfielder /ˈbrɪkfiːldə /noun AustralianA hot, dry north wind, typically accompanied by dust: there’ll be a brickfielder in from the north in four or five hours...- The brickfielder has even insinuated itself between the leaves of his books.
- There had suddenly sprung up a "Brickfielder", that dreaded wind, which may be considered one of the worst plagues of Sydney.
- When caught by a brickfielder in Sydney, I gladly fled by train to the orange groves.
Origin Early 19th century: from the name of Brickfield Hill, the site (now part of central Sydney) of a former brickworks, associated with dust. |