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city
n. In Great Britain and Ireland the word City denotes «a considerable town that has been,(a) an epi...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Farinaceous City
or Village n. aplayful name for Adelaide. The allusion is to wheat being theleading export of South...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Holy City
n. a nickname for Adelaide. See Farinaceous City. 1875. R. and F. Hill, `What we Saw in Australia,...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris
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Pivot City, The
a nickname for Geelong. 1860. W. Kelly, `Life in Victoria,' vol. i. p. 160[Footnote]: «The Pivot C...
Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris