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    NEVER-NEVER

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    The remote outback of Australia; unpopulated desert countryplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting spatial position

    Instance hypernyms:

    outback (the bush country of the interior of Australia)

    Holonyms ("Never-Never" is a part of...):

    Australian Desert; Great Australian Desert (general name given to all desert areas in Australia)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Installment planplay

    Example:

    we bought a car on the never-never

    Synonyms:

    hire-purchase; never-never

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession

    Hypernyms ("never-never" is a kind of...):

    installment buying; installment plan; time plan (a system for paying for goods by installments)

    Domain region:

    Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

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