"bush week" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 bush week.ogg Forms: bush weeks [plural]
Etymology: Apparently from an actual attempt to organise a Bush Festival in Sydney in 1919; the idea then being extended to the present figurative use. Head templates: {{en-noun}} bush week (plural bush weeks)
  1. (Australia, informal) An imagined or symbolic time when assumedly unsophisticated people from the countryside come to the city, likely to be preyed on by tricksters there, or who are unaware of social norms in the city. Tags: Australia, informal
    Sense id: en-bush_week-en-noun-mGv7Mvcj Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "What do you think this is, bush week? (= What do you take me for? / Do you think I'm an idiot?)"
        },
        {
          "text": "What do you think this is, bush week? (= Why are you not working? / why are you not doing what I asked you to do?)"
        }
      ],
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        "(Australia, informal) An imagined or symbolic time when assumedly unsophisticated people from the countryside come to the city, likely to be preyed on by tricksters there, or who are unaware of social norms in the city."
      ],
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        "Australia",
        "informal"
      ]
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        {
          "text": "What do you think this is, bush week? (= What do you take me for? / Do you think I'm an idiot?)"
        },
        {
          "text": "What do you think this is, bush week? (= Why are you not working? / why are you not doing what I asked you to do?)"
        }
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        "(Australia, informal) An imagined or symbolic time when assumedly unsophisticated people from the countryside come to the city, likely to be preyed on by tricksters there, or who are unaware of social norms in the city."
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        "Australia",
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