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'roo

[ roo ]

noun

, Australian Informal.
, plural 'roos.
  1. a shortened form of kangaroo.


roo

/ ruː /

noun

  1. informal.
    a kangaroo


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Word History and Origins

Origin of 'roo1

By shortening

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Example Sentences

Fresh after Camilla and the cuddly Roo in a blanket, here's Chaz and the acrobatic sheep.

And From the Department of British Tabloids This is it for England, "Roo or Die," as the News of the World put it.

I was "strung up" to a high degree of expectation and listened every moment to hear the panpipes and the Roo-too-too-it.

Roo-ong´, chief cotton port of France, on the Seine, 87 miles by rail north-west of Paris.

I cert'ny slipped t'roo dat 'cordion Gineral Jackson am er stretchin'!

His inquiries were directed, immediately on his arrival, after his wife Go-roo-bar-roo-bool-lo; and her he found with Caruey.

A particular name, boo-roo-moo-roong, was given to this scene; but of its import I could learn very little.

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