antipodean

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  1. Pertaining to the antipodes; antipodal.

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  • His accent was slightly antipodean, but his manners were formal. —  Died in the Wool - Ngaio Marsh - Alleyn 13: 1944
  • He developed antipodean-type resentment and began to speak of the reactionary conduct of pom policemen. —  Clutch of Constables—Ngaio Marsh—Roderick Allyn 25
  • Kasey Chambers: the cream of the australian country music crop, with a voice pitched 2 / 3 of the way between the brittle pink icing of Victoria Williams and the burnt toast of Lucinda Williams, this singer songwriter is perhaps the prime mover of australiana, unless our antipodean readership can say otherwise. —  Word Magazine - Comments
  • 'For our antipodean friend, the gilt edged, leather bound, hardback edition of Walter Wink's: —  open source theology - Comments
  • Ever wonder what books you'd want should you find yourself on an antipodean island? on an antipodean island, and, while an existence amid all that lamb and kiwi fruit strikes me as tantalizingly close to paradise, Vanda has a complaint: Too few books. —  Detectives Beyond Borders: A Forum for International Crime Fiction
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