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noun
- (colloquial) An imaginary or symbolic time when simple people from the bush (ie. country areas) come to the city, likely to be preyed on by tricksters there. A question like What is this – bush week? is thus a protest by the speaker against some obvious prank or ruse. (Reference: w:Australian Broadcasting Commission, Australian Broadcasting Commission News Radio article http://www.abc.net.au/newsradio/txt/s1512909.htm.)
Etymology: There was an attempt at an actual bush festival in w:Sydney, Sydney in 1919, the idea apparently then extended to the present figurative use. (Reference: ABC News below.)
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