"brickfielder" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 brickfielder.ogg Forms: brickfielders [plural]
Etymology: From the location name Brickfield Hill, after the hill in Surry Hills (now in inner Sydney) from the direction of which a hot wind blew into Sydney in its early days. The term spread to Melbourne by circa 1850, and to central Australia by circa 1900, then to Western Australia. Head templates: {{en-noun}} brickfielder (plural brickfielders)
  1. (Australia) A hot, dry, dusty wind of southern or central Australia. Tags: Australia Categories (topical): Bricks, Weather
    Sense id: en-brickfielder-en-noun-gZDDvi2B Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1914, Henry Mills Alden, Thomas Bucklin Wells, Harper's Magazine, volume 129, page 508:",
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