BACKBLOCK

Etymology

Noun

backblock (plural backblocks)

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

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

9 June 2025

HERMAPHRODITE

(noun) one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made


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