Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Australia.
- noun An unreal, magical, often bizarre place.
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- proper noun An
unreal ,magical realm . - proper noun colloquial
Australia .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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News 2009
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I was favorably predisposed to this new Ladies Lounge of which you speak - until I continued reading your post and learned that a “pokie” in Oz is just a stupid poker machine.
Cheeseburger Gothic » Open for business. The new renovated Ladies Lounge. 2009
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Maybe she was the one who had taken out the copy of Pirates in Oz from the Library of Congress when I tried to read it there.
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The big, bad wolf may blow your house down, and you may end up in Oz from a tornado, but somehow you'll survive.
ESCAPE FIRES Maggie Jochild 2007
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It’s ok, Jen, the legal drinking age here in Oz is 18.
Cheeseburger Gothic » This way ladies, if you would care to follow me. 2010
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In real terms, it means nothing you do in Oz is ever legal because while it might be legal at the time you’re doing it, there’s nothing stopping the Oz government from changing its mind after the fact, turning you into a criminal.
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Here in Oz - we go camping for the peace and quiet, family and friends, going to the bush or the beach - not to kill things …
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God forbid you mention that something is too working class in Oz (such as my neighborhood), you'll instantly be branded a snob.
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Shewelcomesrecommendations for other Australian novels and novelists, "particularly if you live in Oz and keep up with" the scene "as it were!"
Books Maxine 2009
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We drink a lot of that stuff in Oz and leave all those fruit bombs to the auction markets and export markets.
The state of Australian wine – and Landmark Australia | Dr Vino's wine blog 2009
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