Definition of six bob a day tourist in English:

six bob a day tourist

noun

Australian informal, historical

An Australian serviceman of the First World War.
whether you were a six bob a day tourist or a staff officer, the risk was the same
Example sentencesExamples
- Anything exotic on which the six-bob-a-day tourists could spend their money was fair game, before their collective hangovers met their waiting transport.
- Some in the Australian press were convinced that the men who joined the AIF would be nothing but 'six bob a day tourists'.
- For Australia, 416,809 men enlisted (about 13 per cent of the white male population) and 331,000 of them sailed overseas to be 'six-bob a day tourists' and to fight.
- Fights broke out when the soldiers were ridiculed as 'six bob a day tourists'.
- Three weeks and one day later, Oscar was on his way on the Seuvic, a happy and excited 'six-bob-a-day' tourist.

Origin

Early 20th century: with reference to the soldiers' daily rate of pay.

单词	six bob a day tourist
释义	Definition of six bob a day tourist in English: six bob a day tourist noun Australian informal, historical An Australian serviceman of the First World War. whether you were a six bob a day tourist or a staff officer, the risk was the same Example sentencesExamples Anything exotic on which the six-bob-a-day tourists could spend their money was fair game, before their collective hangovers met their waiting transport. Some in the Australian press were convinced that the men who joined the AIF would be nothing but 'six bob a day tourists'. For Australia, 416,809 men enlisted (about 13 per cent of the white male population) and 331,000 of them sailed overseas to be 'six-bob a day tourists' and to fight. Fights broke out when the soldiers were ridiculed as 'six bob a day tourists'. Three weeks and one day later, Oscar was on his way on the Seuvic, a happy and excited 'six-bob-a-day' tourist. Origin Early 20th century: with reference to the soldiers' daily rate of pay.
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