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词组 wild colonial boy
释义 wild colonial boy
noun
an uninhibited, free-living man AUSTRALIA, 1881
Originally meaning “a bushranger”. From the title of a popular folk song and still often used allusively.
  • Wasn’t going to give up the bright life for no woman on earth. A wild colonial boy, no woman was going to tame him. — Arthur Upfield, Bony and the Mouse, p. 84, 1959
  • “And how did the Wild Colonial Boy sleep last night?” There was a touch of disapproval in her voice. — D.E. Charlwood, All the Green Year, p. 112, 1965
  • — Michael Peters, Pommie Bastard, p. 16, 1969
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