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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Literature that focuses on life or adventures in the outback; the prose analog of bush balladry. Australia, uncountable

   "Was it an attempt to refute Russell Drysdale's 1940s outbackery, the image of 'real Australia'?"

Example

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"Was it an attempt to refute Russell Drysdale's 1940s outbackery, the image of 'real Australia'?"

Etymology

From outback + -ery.

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