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词组 bushranger
释义 bushranger
noun
a person who commits petty crime; a swindler or cheat AUSTRALIA, 1855
Figurative use of the usual sense as “an escaped convict who lives by highway robbery”, common during Australia’s colonial era.
  • Where can I find something safe from you bushrangers? — John Wynnum, Tar Dust, p. 130, 1962
  • Even the tax collectors–who were sharks and bushrangers–came along and said, “What do you want us to do?” — Kel Richards, The Aussie Bible, p. 21, 2003
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