brickfielder
brickfielder · brickfielders
A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central AustraliaA hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia.
Meaning
1 senses(Australia)A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia.
Origin
From the location name Brickfield Hill, after the hill in Surry Hills (now in inner SydneyFrom the location name Brickfield Hill, after the hill in Surry Hills (now in inner Sydney) from the direction of which a hot wind blew into Sydney in its early days. The term spread to Melbourne by circa 1850, and to central Australia by circa 1900, then to Western Australia.
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Forms
plural: brickfielders| Singular | brickfielder |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.