‘Do you have to be an Oz citizen to buy property?’
‘She has an Oz passport, but if you spoke to her you'd think she came from Yorkshire, where she grew up.’
noun
informal
1Australia.
‘he spent the last few years in Oz’
‘Like all the interviews in Oz (I think the radio is very good out here) we had a lot of fun.’
‘Oh wow, out of my way, Rachael, I'm heading to Oz right this very second.’
‘On the other hand, friends who went to live in Oz would tell me I should never visit.’
‘I travelled to Oz 17 yrs ago with two other Americans.’
‘He's just returned from Oz, where he spent the last 6 months heading up our branch in Perth.’
‘General Motors Holden is celebrating 25 years of Commodore in Oz with the release of a special limited edition version of Australia's biggest selling car.’
‘I'm not sure this particular blog will survive the return to Oz; it depends very much what I end up doing.’
‘He's being hyped as the next superstar from Oz, following footsteps of Mel and Russell).’
‘Oh, and it was good to get a letter from a friend in Oz today.’
‘But now she is heading back to Oz and we met up for one last lunch to say our goodbyes.’
‘And Warne has the added problem of a personal crisis to deal with, his wife reportedly on the plane back to Oz, their marriage on the rocks.’
‘Indeed, our cobbers over in Oz even went so far recently as to pass some anti-spam legislation.’
‘At first we seem to be in familiar terrain, both emotionally and geographically, since this story of a fractured marriage has been shifted from Oz to England.’
‘There's a heap of photos to post that may serve as proof that I'm not in Oz.’
1.1A person from Australia.
‘it was enough to make a red-blooded Oz choke on his meat pie’
‘Unlike most places in the world, learn to sail packages from sailing schools are available in Oz all year round!’
‘I just had an email from my cousin suggesting the rules for buying property in Oz might have changed.’
‘Being an Oz at least means you are speaking from experience.’
Origin
Early 20th century (as Oss): representing a pronunciation of an abbreviation of Australia.
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