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noun 
  1. (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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