Backblocks

Word BACKBLOCKS
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What do we mean by backblocks?

(usually in the plural) A residential area remote from major cities and lacking conveniences common in urban areas.

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The word "backblocks" in example sentences

They could benefit by remaining closer to the grassroots, by absorbing what people are saying, and by sending their reporters to what they might view as the "backblocks" and seeing what is happening out there - however inconvenient this may be to the news-gatherers. ❋ Unknown (2001)

He is the son of a Jamaican father and German mother who bought him a camper van to slog around the backblocks of the lower-level European circuit for four years. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I am now in Geelong, having spent a good amount of time in the interim working in sales for Neighbourhood Cable which, apart from keeping me fit hoofing it around the backblocks of Geelong, gave me a direct insight into what broadband users are thinking. ❋ Unknown (2005)

My countrymen -- Australians -- men with whom I had hunted for silver in the desolate backblocks of New South Wales; men with whom I had scoured the interior of West Australia seeking for gold; men who had been with me on the tin fields and opal fields. ❋ A. G. Hales (N/A)

They come down from the backblocks with perhaps a hundred pounds to spend on a week of blissful unconsciousness. ❋ M. Leonora Eyles (1924)

You'll be jolly glad to get rid of me and be off with the uncle into the backblocks. ❋ M. Leonora Eyles (1924)

Men come from up-country with a big cheque to knock out -- shearers and men like that, who live in the backblocks for months, hundreds of miles from hotels. ❋ M. Leonora Eyles (1924)

"Are you going to live and die in the backblocks, David?" ❋ Mary Grant Bruce (1918)

The Lintons had heard many bands since they had been away, and some had played before the King himself; but no music had ever gripped at their heartstrings like the music of the little backblocks band that stood on the gravelled platform of Cunjee and played to welcome them home. ❋ Mary Grant Bruce (1918)

He traversed his new diocese from end to end, gauged its wants, attracted priests to his aid, placed students for the mission in various ecclesiastical colleges, introduced new religious teaching orders, built and dedicated churches, convents, and schools in several centres, bringing the blessings of religion and Christian education to the children of the backblocks. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Naturally, throughout the whole of the State of New South Wales, right to the very backblocks, there was an earnest wish on the part of the members of the New South Wales military forces to be in Sydney at the time of the fleet's visit. ❋ Unknown (1892)

In this article the paper spoke of backblocks bushmen under the generic soubriquet of Billjim. ❋ Unknown (1888)

She began as Vickie Lynn Hogan, a peroxide-blond waitress from the dusty Texas backblocks. ❋ Peter Conrad (2011)

For all his grassroots political skills in the backblocks of Queensland, Senator Joyce is floundering in the job. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The show starred 18-year-old Beth Chote as Beth Connolly, a 16-year-old who moved from the rural backblocks to the city. ❋ By MARK STEVENS (2010)

Australia from the backblocks to a front-row seat, with a $10 billion infrastructure windfall promised to improve life outside of the cities. ❋ Unknown (2010)

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