Definitions | Belyando spew |
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- (context, AU, slang, disease, obsolete) An illness afflicting shearers, characterized by vomiting after meals. Presumed to have been due to the hard work of shearing bent over in stifling heat.
Etymology: The w:Belyando, Belyando is a river in western Queensland. The expression dates back to at least 1891 in a shearer's song. (Reference: Wannan below.)
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