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noun Australian Slang.
- Australia.
noun
- Land of Oz.
- ounce; ounces.
abbreviation for
- ounce
noun
- Australian slang Australia
mythical land in L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” (1900) and sequels; according to an anecdote written by Baum in 1903, inspired by a three-drawer desktop cabinet letter file, the last drawer labeled O-Z. As Australian slang for “Australia,” attested by 1983. abbreviation of ounce (n.1), 1540s, from Italian oz. (15c.), abbreviation of onza. abbr.
- ounce
- Abbreviation of ounce