10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PITT STREET FARMER»
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Pitt Street Farmer in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
Pitt Street Farmer and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Lingo: Listening to Australian English
SERGEANT BAKER, WOBBEGONG, NANNYGAI, MOWIE and TRAG (
abbreviation of teraglin) are all used in New South Wales, though not necessarily
elsewhere. Other New South Welshisms include PITT STREET FARMER, one
who owns a ...
2
Australian English - The National Language
If they are admitted as dialectalisms, it would seem logical to include established
idioms like Pitt Street farmer, Collins Street cockie, or Buckley's chance, even if
they are known outside Victoria or New South Wales. They will only be used to ...
3
Australia's Many Voices: Australian English--the National ...
If they are admitted as dialectalisms, it would seem logical to include established
idioms like Pitt Street farmer, Collins Street cockie, or Buckley's chance, even if
they are known outside Victoria or New South Wales. They will only be used to ...
Pitt Street farmer: (NSW) one who owns a country property but lives in Sydney.
Plant: Bury. Plastered: Drunk. Platen: The exterior part of the printer on which the
printing material rests before going into the printer. Pleased as Punch: Extremely
...
5
An Australian Dictionary for North Americans
Pitt Street farmer exp. A businessman with minor farming interests; a hobby
farmer. After a street in the business district of Sydney. plakka, plakky n. (dim.)
Silly putty, playdough, plasticine. PETER. TO TICKLE THE 75 PLAKKA. PLAKKY
plaits n ...
6
Cassell's Dictionary of Slang
(also Pitt Street drover, ...stockman) [1920s-60s] (Aus.) a business person who
owns or shares a farm from which they take annual profits but which they rarely
visit. [Pitt Street, the financial centre of Sydney] Pitt Street farmer n. [1970S+] (Aus.
) ...
7
The Agricultural Technologist
The recent announcement by the Minister for Primary Industry that tax
concessions to the so called "Pitt Street farmer" were to be examined, prompted
400 odd people to attend a Forum on the Future of the Pitt Street farmers in
Canberra in ...
JJJ the Coathanger this is an irreverent name for the Harbour Bridge Pitt Street
farmer a city businessman who channels money into country property — wears a
suit during the week; moleskins and workman boots on the weekends SOUTH ...
The others looked at him. "But we've all been done in, over this," they exclaimed
at once. "Every one of us," went on Bob Snook. "Trapped by some Collins Street
or Pitt Street farmer. Or even one of our own, some know-it-all, know nothing from
...
10
Australian Cinema After Mabo
And not if you're a Pitt Street farmer growing avo- z cadoes, macadamias or
coffee in the north, or running a boutique vineyard » in the south or west. And not
if you're an Indigenous Australian for whom country might be a site of memory
and ...
Felicity Collins, Therese Davis, 2004
6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PITT STREET FARMER»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
Pitt Street Farmer is used in the context of the following news items.
Farmers wants more for city members
"We might also be able to encourage investment in the agriculture sector and rejuvenate the 'Pitt Street farmer' and stimulate investment," Mr ... «ABC Online, Oct 14»
Joe Hockey gets it too much
Nor would I imagine that he has played anything other than the Pitt Street farmer at his tax deductible cattle station near Cairns. A university ... «The Canberra Times, Aug 14»
Millionaires' mansions marked down
... renewed interest from foreign buyers looking for land and local executives still living the "Collins Street farmer" (or "Pitt Street farmer") dream. «The Australian, Jun 12»
Studebaker tops Hawaiian shirt
Martin, of Evatt, retired now, isn't squireocracy although he says he is a kind of ''Pitt Street farmer'' because he has a property near Yass. «The Canberra Times, Mar 12»
Third crow for chicken industry
''You have a Pitt Street farmer who moves in next to you and all they want is the smell of rose petals - it's a disaster,'' Mr Cordina said, adding ... «Sydney Morning Herald, May 10»
Blowing own horn on stock
THE Pitt Street farmer Michael Luscombe may well be praying for rain like most Australians worried about the drought. But the retailer in him ... «Sydney Morning Herald, Oct 07»
