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Definition of Backblock
1. Noun. (Australia New Zealand usually plural) A residential area remote from major cities and lacking conveniences common in urban areas. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Backblock
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backblock
Literary usage of Backblock
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. New Zealand Official Yearbook by New Zealand. Dept. of Statistics, New Zealand Registrar-General's Office, New Zealand Census and Statistics Dept (1908)
"Land-settlement and goldfields-development— Construction of roads, tracks, and
bridges to open up backblock«, and other work in connection therewith For ..."
2. Neue philologische Rundschau by Carl Wagener, Ernst Ludwig (1898)
"Back-blocks (das ferne Innere Australiens), adj. backblock (aus dem Inneren
Australiens stammend); ..."
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