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Furphy: A rumour. An Australian term, suggested by the name of the maker of the sanitary carts at Broadwater Camp, Melbourne, seen going about everywhere when, at the outset of war, all sorts of rumours were current as to the destination of the Australians. The camp rumours came to be called "Furphies," and the word was carried among the men to Egypt and spread thence through the forces.[1]
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- ↑ Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (1925). Soldier and Sailor Words and Phrases. Routledge, London p.100.
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