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1. Orig., at Sydney, a cold and violent south or southwest wind, rising suddenly, and regularly preceded by a hot wind from the north; -- now usually called southerly buster. It blew across the Brickfields, formerly so c…
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- 1. Orig., at Sydney, a cold and violent south or southwest wind, rising suddenly, and regularly preceded by a hot wind from the north; -- now usually called southerly buster. It blew across the Brickfields, formerly so called, a district of Sydney, and carried clouds of dust into the city. 2. By confusion, a midsummer hot wind from the north.
- Orig., at Sydney, a cold and violent south or southwest wind,rising suddenly, and regularly preceded by a hot wind from the north;-- now usually called southerly buster. It blew across theBrickfields, formerly so called, a district of Sydney, and carriedclouds of dust into the city.