Bay fever

noun

Any illness feigned by convicts to avoid being sent to Botany Bay.

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Meanings

nounBay fever (plural Bay fevers)

plural Bay fevers

  1. AustraliaderogatoryobsoleteslangAny illness feigned by convicts to avoid being sent to Botany Bay.
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APA

Bay fever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bay%20fever

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“Bay fever.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bay%20fever. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Bay fever,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Bay%20fever.

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