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Lucky Country; lucky country
noun
Australia AUSTRALIA, 1968
From The Lucky Country, 1964, by Donald Horne, Australian author. Often used ironically.- [They were trying to] gum up the inner workings and end the trot of the Lucky Country’s mixed metaphors. — Frank Hardy, The Outcasts of Foolgarah, p. 221, 1971
- If they were born poor, they would probably stay poor in this lucky country. — David Ireland, The Unknown Industrial Prisoner, p. 335, 1971
- All migrants usually started their life in the “Lucky Country” working in some large factory[.] — Joseph’s Coat, p. 143, 1985
- All of them, young and old, were very employable–except that there are no jobs for them in the lucky country because the capitalists won’t invest unless they can make super profits. — Frank Hardy, Hardy’s People, p. 113, 1986
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