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(Australia) nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine
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walkabout
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a walking trip or tour a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ VERB go ▪ She gave no outward signs of her problems when she went on a walkabout . ▪ Prunella was right - why the fuss just because Blythe had gone walkabout ? ▪ You know that when a black fella dies the whole family moves ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context Australian aboriginal English) A nomadic excursion into the bush, especially one taken by young teenage boys in certain ancient-custom honoring tribes 2 A walking trip 3 (context British English) A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Walkabout is an Australian themed pub and restaurant in the United Kingdom owned by Intertain UK. Walkabout hosts live performances regularly and has Australian sports shown regularly like Australian Football League , National Rugby League , Super Rugby ...
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"periodic migration by a westernized Aboriginal into the bush," 1828, Australian English, from walk (v.) + about .
Usage examples of walkabout.
Since then no one has been there except an occasional jackeroo or a walkabout Aborigine.
I went there with my old friend George Frobisher and saw that the watering hole was well filled, barristers at one end of the bar, including Erskine-Brown, Miss Trant and Guthrie Featherstone going walkabout among his loyal subjects, journalists at the other, and myself and George at one of the crowded tables in the snug.
Sometimes, he would go walkabout, right down to Fremantle, then up through Leonora, Ethel Creek and back to Corunna Downs.
I went there with my old friend George Frobisher and saw that the watering hole was well filled, barristers at one end of the bar, including Erskine-Brown, Miss Trant and Guthrie Featherstone going walkabout among his loyal subjects, journalists at the other, and myself and George at one of the crowded tables in the snug.
I used to take students on walkabouts and then get them to write their subjective impressions.
For more information on Eckman's songs and the Walkabouts, write to 4739 University Way, N.
She put a Walkabouts CD on the player, the volume low, then joined Rory on the sofa, her long legs splayed out on the orange crate that served as a coffee table.
Henry Shipton, it seemed, was out on one of his frequent walkabouts through the other departments.
We would go out into the backcountry on long walkabouts, wandering and talking.
We would go out into the back country on long walkabouts, wandering and talking.
I did walkabouts, with nary a word said, but all and sundry knew who ran things.
On their walkabouts, the British agent was literally strait-jacketed in a garment which effectively disabled him from the waist up, and as if that weren't enough Karl Vyotsky was invariably present, surly bodyguard to his KGB boss.