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May 18, 2012 at 23:07 | Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Pointing out the different spellings, the website referred to the Collins Australian Dictionary which ‘defines a Gollywood as a black faced, goggle eyed fantastically dressed doll…’ It also states that the Macquarie Australian Dictionary defines a ...
May 22, 2012 at 01:05 | Source: Daily Mail
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May 7, 2012 at 01:37 | Source: Sydney Morning Herald
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May 22, 2012 at 02:02 | Source: The Age
little realising how accurate that is if you pick up a dictionary and check alternate meanings of those words. ''Boob: colloquially a fool or a dunce'', and ''Bum: a shiftless or dissolute person, a habitual loafer'', says the Macquarie. And nothing could ...
May 14, 2012 at 16:52 | Source: Brisbane Times
Ms Seale has headed Random House since 2007 and was previously chief executive of Macquarie Dictionary and Lansdowne Publishing.
May 6, 2012 at 23:28 | Source: ninemsn