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Old Dart

1. (Australia, New Zealand) Britain, England, London, or Ireland; the Old Country.
   • 1872, Pen-name Auld Lang Syne, Original Correspondence, Ovens and Murray Advertiser, Beechworth, Victoria, 20 July 1872‎^[1], page 2:

     J. A. W. has still, I am persuaded, any amount of friends in the Old Dart.

   • 1876, Magguffin, Random Notes, Oamaru Mail, 24 June 1876‎^[2], page 2:

     You recollect that when I left the Colony to visit the old dart, besides the usual allowance granted...

   • 2003, John Williams, German Anzacs And The First World War‎^[3], page 9:

     The ‘Old Dart’ mattered little to German Australians but the empire was another matter and Australia was their home.

   • 2003, Di Morrissey, Barra Creek, 2010, page 432,

     ‘I have a whole range of new talents, Dad. I can muster a mob of cattle, break in a horse, speak pidgin, and at a pinch, stitch up someone′s head.’

     ‘Very useful in the Old Dart,’ he commented dryly and returned to his newspaper.

   • 2004, Mark Browning, Rod Marsh: A Life in Cricket‎^[4], page 55:

     Marsh′s experiences during his first days in the Old Dart were no different from most Australian cricketers′.

2. (colloquial, UK, naval) Dartmouth Royal Navy College.

同意語

• the old country

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