10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «JILGIE»
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jilgie in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
jilgie and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Lingo: Listening to Australian English
(JEWIE is used on the east coast too, though it refers there to a different fish) jilgie
orgifai (Nyungar) — local freshwater crustacean, hence the saying TO DO A
JILGIE meaning to back out of a commitment KAL — shortened form of Kalgoorlie
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Australia's Many Voices: Australian English--the National ...
Crayfish, freshwater lobster and lobster are common in BrE and mAusE; jilgie,
marron, and yabberlieIy are loans from, and derivations based on, Aboriginal
languages from West Australia and Queensland, respectively. While the Western
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Often comic, often tragic, Disturbing Element traces Herbert's life as he changes careers from pharmacist to railway fettler to writer. This is the story of an Australian literary legend written in his own classic style.
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English Language Word Builder
... SPAVIEt TAWPIE TOWNIE* WEENIE* WOOLIE* DOLINE PRUINE WAHINE
DURION TURION CADDISh HAGGISh MEJLIS+ RACHIS+ CUBISM NANISM
BYRNIE COOTIE DARKIE DOOLIE GADGIE HACKIE HOAGIE JILGIE KILLIE
LOONIE* ...
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Chinese in Australian Fiction, 1888-1988
... his late teens, which brought him into contact with Aboriginal half-caste girls—
one Jilgie in particular;136 his love for the exotic symbolised by the North;137 his
unsuccessful experience as a pharmacist in Melbourne; his budding passion for
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The Chambers Dictionary
n a waistcoat; in a woman's dress, a front part shaped like a waistcoat; in ballet
dress, a bodice shaped like a waistcoat. [Fr] gilgai or ghilgai gil'gl. (Austr) n a
saucer-shaped depression forming a natural reservoir. [Aboriginal] gilgie or jilgie
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Thomas P. Dick, Charles M. Patton, Oregon State University. Calculus Curriculum Project, 1992
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Western Australian Year Book
The Marron, Cherax tenuimanus. lives in permanent streams with deepwater
pools; the Jilgie, C. quinquecarinatus in shallow permanent water, while the
Koonac, C. preissii burrows in swamps. Three other crayfish species of Engaewa
live in ...
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The Chambers Crossword Dictionary, 3rd edition
Crustaceans include: 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 crab koura, krill, prawn,
yabby gilgie, hermit, jilgie, marron, partan, scampi, scrawl, shrimp, squill, yabbie
camaron, copepod, daphnia, dogcrab, fiddler, limulus, lobster, pagurid, peacrab,
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Australian Aboriginal words in English: their origin and meaning
Also jilgie. [Nyungar, Perth-Albany region, jilgi.] Either of two very small
freshwater crayfish, Cherax quinquecarinatus and C. crassi- manus, which live in
small semi-permanent streams and swamps; they burrow to escape drought.
Gilgies are ...
Robert M. W. Dixon, Bruce Moore, 2006
