Definition of Speewah in English:

Speewah

noun ˈspiːwɑː

the SpeewahAustralian informal

An imaginary place used as a setting for fanciful stories of the outback.
the sheep on the Speewah are so big it takes several days to shear each animal
Example sentencesExamples
- Droughts are not over until the people of the Speewah are able to have water in their tea.
- In some Speewah stories, Crooked Mick is the cook and is said to have made pastry so light that it floated into the air when the wind blew.
- Hoop snakes and giant mosquitoes are commonplace on the Speewah.
- Dingoes are smart animals, but they're not smart enough to outwit that mythical shearer, Crooked Mick of the Speewah.
- The Speewah was a place just beyond the back o' beyond, always a little further out than any other known remote place.
- He is usually said to reside in a mythical, faraway land called the Speewah, where everything grows in unnaturally large proportions.
- The Speewah shearing shed is so large it takes two men and a boy standing on each other's shoulders to see the whole of it.
- Everything is big on the Speewah—even Crooked Mick's beard was so bushy that families of birds would occasionally make nests in it for the season.
- There were so many men working on the Speewah back then, that Gentle Annie had to mix up the food in an old tank.
- One of the Speewah's larger-than-life characters is Prickly Pear Pollie, so plain that a cocky farmer hires her as a scarecrow.

Origin

Late 19th century: from the name of a remote locality reputedly north-west of Swan Hill in Victoria, and of a legendary sheep station supposedly situated there.

词汇	Speewah
释义	Definition of Speewah in English: Speewah noun ˈspiːwɑː the SpeewahAustralian informal An imaginary place used as a setting for fanciful stories of the outback. the sheep on the Speewah are so big it takes several days to shear each animal Example sentencesExamples Droughts are not over until the people of the Speewah are able to have water in their tea. In some Speewah stories, Crooked Mick is the cook and is said to have made pastry so light that it floated into the air when the wind blew. Hoop snakes and giant mosquitoes are commonplace on the Speewah. Dingoes are smart animals, but they're not smart enough to outwit that mythical shearer, Crooked Mick of the Speewah. The Speewah was a place just beyond the back o' beyond, always a little further out than any other known remote place. He is usually said to reside in a mythical, faraway land called the Speewah, where everything grows in unnaturally large proportions. The Speewah shearing shed is so large it takes two men and a boy standing on each other's shoulders to see the whole of it. Everything is big on the Speewah—even Crooked Mick's beard was so bushy that families of birds would occasionally make nests in it for the season. There were so many men working on the Speewah back then, that Gentle Annie had to mix up the food in an old tank. One of the Speewah's larger-than-life characters is Prickly Pear Pollie, so plain that a cocky farmer hires her as a scarecrow. Origin Late 19th century: from the name of a remote locality reputedly north-west of Swan Hill in Victoria, and of a legendary sheep station supposedly situated there.
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