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  • proper noun Australia, New Zealand Britain or England, the Old Country; London.

Etymologies

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After the river Dart in Dartmouth.

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Examples

  • Knijnenburg was reportedly spotted several times in the Old Dart with members of the Doctor Who production team, including at well-known entertainment industry lair The Ivy, where deals apparently get inked.

    Is David Knijnenburg the next Doctor Who? DAVID BISHOP 2008

  • Knijnenburg was reportedly spotted several times in the Old Dart with members of the Doctor Who production team, including at well-known entertainment industry lair The Ivy, where deals apparently get inked.

    Archive 2008-11-01 DAVID BISHOP 2008

  • Barclays Premier League, and there's one match being played in the Old Dart this morning.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • Former Glamorgan and Yorkshire professional Gillespie has seen the popularity of the 40 and 20-over formats across the Old Dart.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Johnson is another worry, the strike bowler again battling in the Old Dart, taking three wickets at 72.33, and going for a tad more than four an over.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Seagal and things only got worse after the Adelaide debacle where it appeared a formality that the Ashes would be staying in the Old Dart.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Ponting yearns for a final Ashes fling on English soil in 2013 to rectify a captaincy record that has him tagged as the first Australian in more than a century to lose two Ashes series in the Old Dart.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Seagal and things only got worse after the Adelaide debacle where it appeared a formality that the Ashes would be staying in the Old Dart.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • Britons have enjoyed digital radio for a while now, but Australians have launched with a slightly different standard (DAB+ as opposed to DAB in the UK), so radios purchased in the Old Dart won't work here.

    CNET Australia 2009

  • Mason linked to Super League FORGOTTEN Rooster Willie Mason has been linked to a move to the UK Super League, with Welsh club the Celtic Crusaders keen to lure him to the Old Dart.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2009

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