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Botany Bay fever
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Bay fever
English
Noun
Botany Bay fever -
en UK euphemistic obsolete Penal servitude; transportation.
en 1914 w:William Frend De Morgan When Ghost Meets Ghost 410 http://books.google.com/books?id=WPpMAAAAIAAJ&q=%22Bay+fever%22+%22botany+bay%22&dq=%22Bay+fever%22+%22botany+bay%22&hl=en&ei=DjSYTpqfKKLhmAW9hZmkAg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAjgK What!—me not know my * * * Testament! Why!—it's the only * * * book you get a word of when you're nursing for Botany Bay fever.