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send her down Hughie

send her down Hughie interjection: an appeal for continued rain, invoked when it comes after a long drought.

Interjection

  1. (Australia) An appeal for continued rain, invoked when it comes after a long drought.
    • All night it poured down but Dinny grinned and applauded.
      ‘Send her down, Hughie!’ he cried, as the diggers used to on Coolgardie and Hannans.1948, Katharine Susannah Prichard, Golden Miles, page 425
    • The wind was bucking round to the west and heavy rain had started again.
      “Send her down, Hughie!” he said under his breath, thinking with satisfaction of the soil being gouged out of Sunderland′s paddock and carried off into the rising river.1970, Colin Thiele, Labourers in the Vineyard, page 229

Forms of send her down Hughie

alternative formsend it down Hughie

Origin of send her down Hughie

Hughie (“diminutive of Hugh, a male given name”) is a god of rain, addressed as an ordinary person.

Questions about send her down Hughie

What does send her down Hughie mean?
Send her down Hughie means an appeal for continued rain, invoked when it comes after a long drought.
What part of speech is send her down Hughie?
Send her down Hughie is an interjection.

Words near send her down Hughie in the dictionary

  1. send down
  2. send down for
  3. send for
  4. send for a toss
  5. send forth
  6. send her down Hughie
  7. send in
  8. send it
  9. send it up the flagpole and see who salutes
  10. send off
  11. send offs

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