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词汇 Hills hoist
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Definition of Hills hoist in English:

Hills hoist

nounˈhɪlz hɔɪst
Australian trademark
  • A rotating frame on which wet laundry may be hung outside to dry.

    a typical suburban house with a Holden parked in the garage and a Hills hoist out the back
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The sheets on the Hills Hoist painted a picture of normal suburban life, with only the police tape and the grim-faced officer in the backyard a giveaway to the horror that had taken place inside.
    • Survey respondents nominated Hills Hoist as the country's most iconic brand.
    • Hills has closed a number businesses, while the Hills Hoist clothesline business remains.
    • The back door leads out to the large yard, which includes a Hills hoist and a monster olive tree.
    • The new boat is poised to rank alongside the Hills Hoist and the Victor mower as iconic Aussie inventions.
    • Sprawling estates could still be permitted at the city's edge, for those who maintain that children cannot be raised without a palatial rumpus room and a hills hoist.
    • The organisers believe it's time for the humble wine cask to take its place alongside Holden, meat pies and the Hills Hoist as an Australian classic.
    • We were born into a backyard that had a Hills Hoist at the centre of it.
    • Australians invented a clothesline that spins called the Hills Hoist so you don't have to move when you hang out the washing.
    • Most Australian backyards have one but the company behind the iconic Hills Hoist will no longer make and sell the clotheslines that made it famous.

Origin

1940s: a trademark.

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