Hills Hoist
see also: Hills hoist
Noun
Hills hoist
Noun
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see also: Hills hoist
Noun
Hills Hoist
- (Australia) A rotary clothes line with adjustable height by means of a rotating handle.
- 2002, Meanjin, Volume 61, Melbourne University Press, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SNUxAQAAIAAJ&q=%22hills+hoist%22|%22hills+hoists%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22hills+hoist%22|%22hills+hoists%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Jyx4T6HGCqqemQXh5LzpDw&redir_esc=y 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.
- 2002, Meanjin, Volume 61, Melbourne University Press, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=SNUxAQAAIAAJ&q=%22hills+hoist%22|%22hills+hoists%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22hills+hoist%22|%22hills+hoists%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Jyx4T6HGCqqemQXh5LzpDw&redir_esc=y page 165],
Hills hoist
Noun
Hills Hoist
- Alternative form of Hills Hoist
- 2008, Katie Holmes, Sue Martin, Susan K. Martin, Kylie Mirmohamadi, Reading the Garden: The Settlement of Australia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=mm2CKQk1wGYC&pg=PA177&dq=%22hills+hoist%22|%22hills+hoists%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ue97T4u4PNHmmAWdg43WCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22hills%20hoist%22|%22hills%20hoists%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 177],
- Indeed, her Hills hoist may have made her backyard the object of envy for others. Clotheslines feature prominently in the letters of correspondents to the Museum of Australia′s ‘Backyards’ project, and not just the Hills hoist but also the earlier lines.
- 2010, William McInnes, That'd be Right: A Fairly True History of Modern Australia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=tQrsB0ZAyBEC&pg=PT72&dq=%22hills+hoist%22|%22hills+hoists%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ue97T4u4PNHmmAWdg43WCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22hills%20hoist%22|%22hills%20hoists%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false unumbered page],
- I had spent the afternoon with Mal sitting under the Hills hoist. […] On the end of one of the arms of the Hills hoist we hung a cask of wine.
- Both Mal and I had a glass. We would swing the Hills hoist around and if the arm that was loaded stopped above either one of us we would pour a glass and drink the wine.
- 2008, Katie Holmes, Sue Martin, Susan K. Martin, Kylie Mirmohamadi, Reading the Garden: The Settlement of Australia, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=mm2CKQk1wGYC&pg=PA177&dq=%22hills+hoist%22|%22hills+hoists%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ue97T4u4PNHmmAWdg43WCw&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=%22hills%20hoist%22|%22hills%20hoists%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22%20-inauthor%3A%22%22&f=false page 177],
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