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yarramen

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yar⋅ra⋅man

[yar-uh-muhn]
–noun, plural -men. Australian Archaic.
horse.

Origin:
1840–50; perh. < Dhurga (Australian Aboriginal language spoken on the New South Wales coast, from Jervis Bay to Bermagui) yara- teeth + -may n. suffix; borrowed into Australian pidgins, used by white settlers, thence into other Aboriginal languages
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