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单词 mulga wire
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Definition of mulga wire in English:

mulga wire

noun
Australian
  • An informal network by which information or gossip is spread rapidly; the bush telegraph.

    official communications were poor but word travelled swiftly on the mulga wire
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I had been receiving worrying reports about her by mulga wire.
    • Local gossip flourished through a word-of-mouth medium generally referred to as 'the bushman's mulga wire'.
    • I heard on the mulga wire you would be on the road.
    • Ah, the mulga wire's been at work.
    • 'No, the mulga-wire's not working too good,' he said.
    • That news came by mulga wire and in due time was confirmed by one person and another.
    • For once the mulga wire had failed to function.
    • He gives the mulga wire version of the expedition.
    • The mulga wire is still a mystery to me, Inspector.
    • The news goes round by mulga wire to homes that are far and near.

Origin

Late 19th century: from mulga, an Australian variety of acacia that is abundant in the bush + wire.

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