Phrase guide
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noun
A long uphill road or trail without a resting place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, New-Zealand, informal
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
A locality in the Shire of Baw Baw, south eastern Victoria, Australia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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History
Possibly related to the Celtic goddess Anann (an aspect of the Mórrígan responsible, among other things, for culling weak cattle) or to the Stephen Foster song Gentle Annie (1856).
