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词组 furphy
释义 furphy
noun
  1. a rumour AUSTRALIA, 1915
    A similar semantic development can be seen with SCUTTLEBUTT. Rarely “furfy”.
    • It is then the “furphy” manufacturer will come into his own. He will issue special editions daily, each one contradicting the “dinkum oil” contained in the predecessor. — Kia Ora Coo-ee, p. 17, 15 September 1918
    • FURPHY–Wild rumour. — Gilbert H. Lawson, A Dictionary of Australian Words and Terms, 1924
    • — Leonard Mann, Flesh in Armour, p. 177, 1932
    • “Or d’you think all the sheilas believe that furfy about matloes bein’ built like lower-deck booms?” — J.E. MacDonnell, Don’t Gimme the Ships, p. 139, 1960
    • — Dymphna Cusack, Picnic Races, p. 23, 1962
    • A stage company with girls, coming to Finnschafen? It isn’t just another of your silly furphies? — Ray Slattery, Mobbs’ Mob, p. 26, 1966
    • — Jim Ramsay, Cop It Sweet!, p. 38, 1977
    • — Barry Humphries, A Nice Night’s Entertainment, p. 188, 1981
    • — Clive Galea, Slipper, p. 96, 1988
  2. an iron water cart AUSTRALIA, 1938
    From the name of a manufacturer of such carts.
    • Lying there in my bed I’d hear the rattle of kerosene tins, buckets, tin dishes, even the rumble of a horse-drawn furphy, the little iron tank on wheels. — Patsy Adam-Smith, Folklore of the Australian Railwaymen, p. 25, 1969
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