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galah session

galah session noun: a period on an outback radio network, allocated for private conversation.

Noun

galah session (plural galah sessions)

  1. (Australia, informal, obsolete) A period on an outback radio network, allocated for private conversation.
    • She also had an opportunity to talk to some of these schoolmates on the Galah Session. This is the unofficial session when, at allocated times, people on the network are free to chat to each other.1986, Phyllis Gibb, Classrooms a World Apart: The Story of the Founding of the Broken Hill School of the Air, page 59
    • If they headed out to investigate, Forklift and his mate, who listened to everything on the Galah session of the Flying Doctor network, would know the police were on their way and might get rid of Comet so as to have no evidence.1992, Herb Wharton, Unbranded, unnumbered page

Forms of galah session

pluralgalah sessions

Origin of galah session

From galah (“type of cockatoo”) + session.

Questions about galah session

What does galah session mean?
Galah session means a period on an outback radio network, allocated for private conversation.
What part of speech is galah session?
Galah session is a noun.
What is the plural of galah session?
The plural of galah session is galah sessions.

Words near galah session in the dictionary

  1. galagoes
  2. galagonid
  3. galagonids
  4. galagos
  5. galah
  6. galah session
  7. galah sessions
  8. Galahad
  9. Galahads
  10. galahs
  11. galaktoboureko

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