Phrase guide

Hills Hoist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A rotary clothes line with adjustable height by means of a rotating handle.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia

Examples

  • 2002, Meanjin, Volume 61, Melbourne University Press, page 165, I watched them glistening over the tiled rooftops and Hills hoists and waited, in awe, for the shadow to reach our Lower Templestowe back yard.

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noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of Hills Hoist.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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History

Etymology

From genitive of Hill (“a surname”) (with elided apostrophe) + hoist (“lift”); from the trade name of the product manufactured from 1945 by Lance Hill of Adelaide, South Australia.