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mickery (plural mickeries)
- (Australia) A soak dug into the ground.
1931, Michael Terry, Hidden Wealth and Hiding People[1], London: Putnam, →OCLC, page 232:He doesn't herd his cattle on to puny native supplies; he digs wells and mickeries, equips them with troughs […]
