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Definition of Never-never land
1. Noun. A pleasing country existing only in dreams or imagination.
Generic synonyms: Fictitious Place, Imaginary Place, Mythical Place
Definition of Never-never land
1. Proper noun. A fantastic or imaginary place. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Never-never Land
Literary usage of Never-never land
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Australian Life in Town and Country by Ernest Charles Buley (1905)
"CHAPTER V THE never-never land ' They had told us of pastures wide and green,
And gold 'neath the river's flow. And thirst and hunger were banished words, ..."
2. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"Never, Never Country, or Never, Never Land. See quotations. Mr. Cooper's
explanation (1857 quotation) is not generally accepted. 1857. ..."
3. The English Illustrated Magazine (1907)
"STRANGE indeed are the things that happen in the Never-Never Land, ... It is
worth going to Never-Never Land just to see them, because you can come back ..."
4. Islands of the Southern Seas: Hawaii, Samoa, New Zealand, Tasmania by Michael Myers Shoemaker (1898)
"... THE LAND OF THE NEVER NEVER" The " Never Never Land"—Something of its Early
History—The Straits of Bass—Port Philip and Melbourne—Complete Separation of ..."
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