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词汇 Albany doctor
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Definition of Albany doctor in English:

Albany doctor

noun
Australian
  • (in south-west Western Australia) a cool onshore breeze at the end of a hot day.

    every day at 3 o'clock the Albany doctor arrives and the temperature drops
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The frogs down in the pipe trench croaked and piped as though impatient for the arrival of the Albany doctor.
    • The coast is reached by the Albany Doctor between 19h00 and 22h00.
    • Every day, it was visited by a wind called the Albany Doctor.
    • We sit waiting for the Albany doctor to blow up.
    • The Albany doctor was chasing him down lake Dumbleyung.

Origin

Early 20th century: from the Western Australian port town of Albany + the Australian sense of doctor 'cool onshore breeze'.

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