Captain Cook
noun Australian /NZ rhyming slang
A look: we decided to take a Captain Cook at the next hotel...
- There is a station and town that I missed, so have a Captain Cook at it.
- John Howard wanted Australia to take a Captain Cook at its history curriculum.
- I want you all to take a Captain Cook as we drive across the south of the continent.
Origin
1920s: from Cook, Captain James, the English explorer who first charted Australia and New Zealand.
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