English Explanatory Dictionary

back o' Bourke

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. At or to an extremely remote place.
name
  1. An extremely remote place.

Pronunciation

en-au-back-o-Bourke.ogg

Word forms

back o' Bourke the back o' Bourke

Etymology

From the town of Bourke in north-western New South Wales. By supposition, even further west and north than Bourke.

Synonyms

See: Thesaurus:remote place back o' beyond back of beyond beyond the black stump middle of nowhere Woop Woop

Related words

backblocks outback
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