Meaning of shiralee | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Burden; load.
   uncommon
2. A type of swag that when rolled up resembles a leg of mutton, carried over the shoulder, usually with another load on the chest to balance it.
   Australia, colloquial, dated, uncommon

Examples

“The bag of food like a shiralee across his shoulders, the water container stuffed into the looseness of his shirt, the compass, not required for awhile^([sic]) yet, in his side pocket, and the rifle balanced in his hand.”

“2006, Pip Wilson, Faces in the Street: Louisa and Henry Lawson and the Castlereagh Street Push, page 8, “Nothin′. A prickly gecko, mate. He dropped off your shiralee.””

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