Meaning of six bob a day tourist | Babel Free

Definitions

An Australian soldier serving in World War I, especially a volunteer.

Australia, historical, slang

Examples

“On brief leaves, as a “six-bob-a-day tourist” during World War I, one had learned to love London,[…].”

“He professed no sense of right, no statement of belief: he was a ‘six bob a day tourist’, and even in that age of conviction he was not alone.”

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