Words & TermsWork, bush and rural life
Hughie
A notional weather-maker invoked in appeals for rain, especially send it down, Hughie.
In a sentence
Send it down, Hughie—the paddocks need the rain.
Where it came from
Australian historical sources record the weather-maker expression from the early twentieth century.
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established