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Aussie salutes

Aussie salutes is the plural of Aussie salute.

Meaning of Aussie salute

Noun

Aussie salute (plural Aussie salutes)

  1. (Australia, humorous) The act of waving a hand in front of the face to flick away flies (particularly bush flies, Musca vetustissima).
    • [page 46] Even the stuffy diplomats of Canberra, the nation's federal capital, seem to drop their normal besuited reserve to wave what has laughingly become known as the "Aussie salute". But expressing a jovial liking for their fellow men is not what these antipodeans are doing: they are swatting...1979 April 5, Brian Lee, “Dung Beetles to the Rescue”, in Bernard Dixon, editor, New Scientist, volume 82, number 1149, London: IPC Magazines, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 46 and 47

Questions about Aussie salutes

What is Aussie salutes the plural of?
Aussie salutes is the plural of Aussie salute.

Words near Aussie salutes in the dictionary

  1. Aussie dollars
  2. Aussie kiss
  3. Aussie kisses
  4. Aussie rules
  5. Aussie salute
  6. Aussie salutes
  7. Aussiedoodle
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  9. Aussieland
  10. Aussieness
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