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jum⋅buck

[juhm-buhk]
–noun Australian.
a sheep.

Origin:
1815–25; perh. ult. < Kamilaroi dimba (meaning unknown), altered by assoc. with buck 1 ; borrowed into Australian Pidgin E and thence into other Aboriginal languages
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jum·buck   (jŭm'bŭk')   
n.   Australian
A sheep.

[Australian pidgin, perhaps from Kamilaroi (Aboriginal language of southeast Australia) dhimba.]
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