BOTANY BAY

PRONUNCIATION:
(BOT-uh-nee BAY)

MEANING:
noun: A place of exile, punishment, or hard labor.

ETYMOLOGY:

After Botany Bay, south of Sydney, Australia. Earliest documented use: 1789.
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