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Hills hoist en · NOUN

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1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of Hills Hoist.
   alt of Hills Hoist
   • 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. 2008, Katie Holmes, Sue Martin, Susan K. Martin, Kylie Mirmohamadi, Reading the Garden: The Settlement of Australia, page 177:
   • From there he had a view over the sodden sloping gardens and the Hills hoists of the neighbours.[…]Next door there were rows of nappies on the line, dripping rain, and overhead was the Storey Bridge, like a bigger, flatter Hills hoist. 1996, Margaret Simons, The Truth Teller, page 176:
   • 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. 2010, William McInnes, That'd be Right: A Fairly True History of Modern Australia, unumbered page:

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