Hills Hoist

== English == === Alternative forms === Hills hoist === Etymology === From genitive of Hill (“a surname”) (with elided apostrophe) + hoist (“lift”); from the trade name of the product manufactured from 1945 by Lance Hill of Adelaide, South Australia. === Pronunciation === === Noun === Hills Hoist (plural Hills Hoists) (Australia) A rotary clothes line with adjustable height by means of a rotating handle. 2002, Meanjin, Volume 61, Melbourne University Press, page 165, I watched them glistening over the tiled rooftops and Hills hoists and waited, in awe, for the shadow to reach our Lower Templestowe back yard. ==== Usage notes ==== The Hills Hoist is regarded as symbolic of Australian suburbia.