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boong
boong
/
buŋ, ˈboʊ
ɒŋ
/
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boong,
boh
-ong
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noun
Australian Informal: Disparaging.
1.
a native of New Guinea.
2.
an Aborigine.
Origin:
1940–45;
of obscure origin
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boong
(buːŋ)
—
n
taboo
(
Austral
) an Aborigine or Black person
[C20: perhaps of native Australian origin]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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