Meanings
plural melon holes
- AustraliaA small hole or concavity in the landscape where rainwater gathers.First known use 19th c.
‘When I was a young man out there in the scrubs, me and Dougald tailing them beasts from one melon hole to another day after day, never seeing another living soul, I'd ride along dreaming of a girl like you and forget where I was.’
2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 247Synonyms: gilgai, pademelon hole, paddymelon hole
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA small hole or concavity in the landscape where rainwater gathers.
Origin
From melon (“pademelon”) + hole.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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