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单词 mundowie
释义

Definition of mundowie in English:

mundowie

noun mʌnˈdaʊi
Australian informal
  • 1A footstep.

    we was runnin' too hard to hear anything but our mundowies
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The bending of a few blades of grass, the fresh turning of the smallest stone, denoted "blackfellow mundowie", and when the imprint of a foot was caught in soft ground or sand it was at once pronounced as Charley's.
    • We saw tracks about a mile from the hole, and though the big, splayed ‘mundowies’ meant nothing to me, Pebble could read them like a printed page.
    • You no make a light mundowie along with grass!
    1. 1.1 A foot.
      I froze me mundowies off, bringin' in the cows
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Are you telling me to get my mundowies off the seat?
      • The length of a 'foot' was standardised from the size of someone's 'mundowie' to 12 inches.
      • I'm would rather have my bare mundowies firmly planted on the warm Australian dirt.
      • He squatted, hams on heels, the toes of his mundowies gripping the ground.

Origin

Early 19th century: Australian pidgin, perhaps from Dharuk manuwi 'foot', or Awabakal manduwang 'foot'.

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