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pleurisy plains
sleeping under a tarpaulin out in the open, outside the tent: Who will put their bed out in pleurisy plains?
Contributor's comments: I thought train drivers used this term to describe the area north of Geelong and up through the Western Districts.
Contributor's comments: My grandfather always referred to the farming area west of Melbourne as the Pleurisy Plains where the winds howled non-stop, and only rocks and thistles survived.