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Botany Bay fever

Botany Bay fever noun: penal servitude; transportation.

Noun

Botany Bay fever (uncountable)

  1. (UK, euphemistic, obsolete) Penal servitude; transportation.
    • What!—me not know my * * * Testament! Why!—it's the only * * * book you get a word of when you're nursing for Botany Bay fever.1914, William Frend De Morgan, When Ghost Meets Ghost, page 410

Questions about Botany Bay fever

What does Botany Bay fever mean?
Botany Bay fever means penal servitude; transportation.
What part of speech is Botany Bay fever?
Botany Bay fever is a noun.

Words near Botany Bay fever in the dictionary

  1. botanophobia
  2. botany
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  4. Botany Bay dozen
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  6. Botany Bay fever
  7. Botany Bay greens
  8. botargo
  9. botargoes
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  11. Botatwe

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