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backblocker

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backblocker /ˈbakˌblɒkə /
noun Australian and New Zealand English dated a person from the remote and sparsely inhabited interior:
you could tell he was a backblocker from his deep suntan and the looseness in his stance.
– ORIGIN mid 19th century: from backblocks + -er1.
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