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shiralee

[shir-uh-lee]

shir·a·lee

[shir-uh-lee]
noun Australian.
swag2 (def. 2).

Origin:
1875–80; origin uncertain
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Shiralee is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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shiralee (ˌʃɪrəˈliː)
 
n
informal (Austral) history a swag; swagman's bundle
 
[C19: of unknown origin]

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