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Bay fever
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Pronunciation
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Noun
en Australia slang obsolete pejorative Any illness feigned by convicts to avoid being sent to Botany Bay.1811, Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue1811, Francis Grose, Lexicon balatronicum : a dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence.
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