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the 'G'

the 'G' proper noun: the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), situated in Melbourne, Australia.

Proper noun

the 'G'

  1. (Australia, informal) The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), situated in Melbourne, Australia
    • When Ted Hopkins wrote his eulogy to the ‘G’ for The Herald Sun, 1 April 1995, he described it as a place where stories are created and legends made, a place of epic footy and mega-concerts that contribute richly to every Melburnian’s general sense of well-being.1999, Jenny Zimmer, Joanna Capon, Caroline Field, Anthony Pryor: sculpture & drawings, 1974-1991, Palgrave Macmillan Australia, page 201
    • The multigenerational families throughout Australia file off to the footy (again the word football seemed too difficult to say so the word was shortened; the Melbourne Cricket Ground was reduced to the MCG but that was shortened to the “G” – the next permutation will probably be just the sound...2001, Jay Newman, Biblical religion and family values: a problem in the philosophy of culture, Greenwood Publishing Group, page 101

Forms of the 'G'

alternative formthe Gee

Questions about the 'G'

What does the 'G' mean?
The 'G' means the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), situated in Melbourne, Australia.
What part of speech is the 'G'?
The 'G' is a proper noun.

Words near the 'G' in the dictionary

  1. THD
  2. THDOC
  3. thdr.
  4. the
  5. the 'Bu
  6. the 'G'
  7. The Accident
  8. the alpha and the omega
  9. The Angle
  10. the answer to a maiden's prayer
  11. the apple does not fall far from the stem

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