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Definition of Backblocks
1. backblock [n] - See also: backblock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backblocks
Literary usage of Backblocks
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain). (1908)
"In the land of pearl and gold: a pioneer's wanderings in the backblocks and 10«.
6d. net. Presented by the Publisher». Australasia. Gregory. ..."
2. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"... Latin as inadequate for bush vocabulary as the Anglo-Saxon finds classical
English in the backwoods of America and the backblocks of Australia, ..."
3. The English Catalogue of Books by Sampson Low, Publishers' Circular, Sampson Low, Son and Marston (1900)
"Apr. 99 backblocks Parson, Bluegum (Tom) 2s. 6d Jib«. 99 Backhouse (E.)—Early
Church History to the Death of Constantino. Ed. and enl. by Charles Tylor. ..."
4. The Economic Review by Christian Social Union (Great Britain), Oxford University Branch (1903)
"... from advocating the enormous expenditure which must result from building a
capital in the ' backblocks.' " On what principle of economics Mr. Dobson can ..."
5. The Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society by Manchester Geographical Society (1906)
"To make his forecasts he must have his delicate instruments in the wild western
backblocks, and throughout the length of Cape York Peninsula, as instances. ..."
6. The Bulletin Reciter: A Collection of Verses for Recitation from "The (1902)
"And M'Sharry, in his nightmare, often sees that fatal pool, And the pricks of
guilty conscience tries to parry; While away among the backblocks wanders ..."
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