| 单词 |
Bananaland |
| 释义 |
Baˈnanaland [See quot. 1898.] A colloquial Australian name for Queensland. Hence Baˈnanalander.
1898Morris Austral English, Banana-land, slang name for Queensland, where bananas grow in abundance. Bananalander, slang for a Queenslander. 1901Westm. Gaz. 2 Apr. 1/3 The Bananaland capital. 1901Daily Chron. 4 Apr. 5/1 [He] was born in ‘Bananaland’. Ibid. 18 Nov. 5/1 The Bananaland statesman. 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 11 Jan. 10 Bananaland has had a fruit marketing organisation for years. 1934T. Wood Cobbers 144 So let this mob of Cornstalks, Croweaters, Sandgropers, and Bananalanders go on yapping, say Victorians. |
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