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词组 septic tank
释义 septic tank
noun
an American AUSTRALIA, 1967
Rhyming slang for YANK. Certainly derogatory in origin, anddemonstrating a general low-level anti-American sentimentprevalent in Australia. In the same way that POM demonstratesan anti-English sentiment it is always more joking than serious.
  • Septic Tanks don’t get VCs. They get purple hearts. — John O’Grady, Aussie Etiket, p. 7, 1971
  • “Ed’s from America.” “Yeah? What’s a bloody Septic Tank doin’ out here? Never mind–what’re you drinkin’, Dusty?” — John O’Grady, Aussie Etiket, p. 48, 1971
  • — Bob Young and Micky Moody, The Language of Rock ’n’ Roll, p. 128, 1985
  • — John Algeo and Adele Algeo, American Speech, p. 400, Winter 1991: “Among the new words”
  • — Ray Puxley, Fresh Rabbit, 1998
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