See packing for Perth on Wiktionary
{ "etymology_text": "In reference to the fact that Perth has a large South African Australian community (likely due to its closer proximity to Africa than the rest of Australia). The initialism of this phrase is \"PFP\", which was also used as an abbreviation for the Progressive Federal Party, a liberal and anti-apartheid political party that existed from 1977 until 1989 that drew the majority of its support from White South Africans who spoke English as their first language.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "phrase" }, "expansion": "packing for Perth", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "phrase", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "South African English", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "the migration of South Africans (particularly White South Africans) to Australia (especially to the city of Perth in Western Australia)" ], "id": "en-packing_for_Perth-en-phrase-Uqiu~Zxf", "raw_glosses": [ "(South Africa, informal) the migration of South Africans (particularly White South Africans) to Australia (especially to the city of Perth in Western Australia)" ], "tags": [ "South-Africa", "informal" ] } ], "word": "packing for Perth" }
{ "etymology_text": "In reference to the fact that Perth has a large South African Australian community (likely due to its closer proximity to Africa than the rest of Australia). The initialism of this phrase is \"PFP\", which was also used as an abbreviation for the Progressive Federal Party, a liberal and anti-apartheid political party that existed from 1977 until 1989 that drew the majority of its support from White South Africans who spoke English as their first language.", "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "en", "2": "phrase" }, "expansion": "packing for Perth", "name": "head" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "phrase", "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English entries with incorrect language header", "English informal terms", "English lemmas", "English multiword terms", "English phrases", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "South African English" ], "glosses": [ "the migration of South Africans (particularly White South Africans) to Australia (especially to the city of Perth in Western Australia)" ], "raw_glosses": [ "(South Africa, informal) the migration of South Africans (particularly White South Africans) to Australia (especially to the city of Perth in Western Australia)" ], "tags": [ "South-Africa", "informal" ] } ], "word": "packing for Perth" }
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