mickery
English
Etymology
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Noun
mickery (plural mickeries)
- (Australia) A soak dug into the ground.
- 1931, Michael Terry, Hidden Wealth and Hiding People, London: Putnam, OCLC 606598986, page 232:
- He doesn't herd his cattle on to puny native supplies; he digs wells and mickeries, equips them with troughs […]