sandgroper

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#1·9h ago

(Australia, jocular) An inhabitant of Western Australia.

On both occasions the sandgropers downed the ‘big V’, as indeed they did in 1947 at Hobart when finishing second; the VFL′s only other defeat in 68 pre-state of origin carnival games came in 1911 against South Australia in Adelaide.

Origin: From . The sense “Western Australian” may originate either as a reference to the relatively large proportion of desert in the state or to gold mining during the rushes of the 19th Century. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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#2·9h ago

Any species of the family of subterranean insects, found in Australia, New Guinea and Argentina.

Leonard not only accepted, he told the club he could help sign several West Australians. The Foreign Legion policy was born and, through Leonard′s personal contacts, South [Melbourne] signed Sandgropers Brighton Diggins and Bill Faul (bo…

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