Gentle-annie Definition

noun

(Australia, New Zealand, informal) A long uphill road or trail without a resting place.

Gentle Annie Hill, New Zealand.
Gentle Annie Rise, Tasmania.
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Other Word Forms of Gentle-annie

Noun

Singular:
gentle-annie
Plural:
gentle-annies

Origin of Gentle-annie

  • Possibly related to the Celtic goddess Anann (an aspect of the Mórrígan responsible, among other things, for culling weak cattle) or to the Stephen Foster song Gentle Annie (1856).

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