Meanings
noungal-iron (uncountable)
- AustraliacolloquialuncountableGalvanized iron.
She eliminated those lonely treeless farmhouses with the sun beating on their shining gal-iron roofs.
1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 12
Origin
Shortening.
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