Belyando spew
nounEtymology
Ultimately of Australian Aboriginal derivation; named for the Belyando River of central Queensland. The expression dates from no later 1891, from when it was in use in a shearer′s song.
Definitions
An illness afflicting shearers, characterised by vomiting after meals and presumed to…
An illness afflicting shearers, characterised by vomiting after meals and presumed to have been due to the hard work of shearing bent over in stifling heat (though more likely due to a local grass).
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for Belyando spew. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA