cactus
Meaning
Broken, ruined, dead or no longer working.
Example
The old mower's cactus, so we'll have to buy a new one.
Origin
Origin unknown
Nearby words
- Cabbage GardenA mocking nickname for the colony, and later state, of Victoria; a Victorian was a 'cabbage gardener'.
- cabbage tree hatA broad-brimmed hat plaited from the leaves of the cabbage-tree palm, widely worn in colonial Australia.
- cabbage tree mobGangs of rowdy young larrikins in colonial Sydney, recognisable by their cabbage tree hats.
- cackTo laugh uncontrollably, usually as 'cack yourself'; literally, to soil yourself.
- CalathumpianJocularly, a member of some unspecified or eccentric religious denomination; someone of no particular faith.
- calm your farmCalm down; relax.
- camp ovenA heavy cast-iron pot with a lid, used for baking and stewing in the coals of a campfire.
- camp pieA cheap tinned meat loaf of minced meat, eaten cold. Dated.