10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «YARRAMEN»
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yarramen in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
yarramen and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Recollections of a visit to Port Phillip, Australia, in 1852-55
... who, with native composure, tells him how that “two big-fellow bushrangers pull
away along 0' creek, and look out yarramen (horses) belonging to station, and no
gammon." The overcome squatter falls into his easy-chair, weak with heat and ...
William Wilson DOBIE, 1857
2
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
Wilkes, who quotes pl. yarramans and yarramen. yarrum (C.17—20); yaram, rare
C.17 spelling; yarum, frequent C.16—18 spelling. Milk; esp. poplar(s) of yar(r)um,
milk-porridge: c.: from 15605. (Harman; Dekker; B.E.; Grose, 15t ed.) One of the ...
"Only got 'em one yarramen," said the blackfellow nonchalantly. There was only
one horse, he had taken it and saved his skin. He had come to warn the white
man of the destruction of his dwelling, but he did not count the half-caste girl of
any ...
Here, Johnny Warrington, you sit down alonga yarramen." Johnny Warrington
didn't exactly seem to like being left alone in the gathering darkness with the
horses, but there was no gainsaying Captain Dana's orders. He would have liked
to ...
5
The Anthology of Colonial Australian Gothic Fiction
Here, Johnny Warrington, you sit down alonga yarramen.' Johnny Warrington
didn't exactly seem to like being left alone in the gathering darkness with the
horses, but there was no gainsaying Captain Dana's orders. He would have liked
to ...
Ken Gelder, Rachael Weaver, 2007
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English Language Word Builder
... STRUCKEN THREADEN UNBIDDEN UNBITTEN UNCHOSEN UNCLOVEN
UNDERMEN UNHIDDEN UNHOLPEN UNMOLTEN UNRIDDEN UNROTTEN
UNWASHEN UPHUDDEN VERBOTEN YARRAMEN ENT ABDUCENT
ADDUCENT ...
Where ' yarramen ? ' " (horses). ' You might have knocked me down with a blow,
and I wouldn't have opened my lips. Horses indeed ! Our horses were the other
side of an obstruction to anything larger than a man, impregnable, unalterable, ...
William Sylvester Walker, 1898
8
Australian Hauntings: A Second Anthology of Australian ...
He had probably ridden well clear, and then jumped off and let the 'yarramen' go.
I knew he daren't turn up at either Belala or Fassifern on horseback without us .
Well, I came to the place where Mick's track and mine of yesterday were going to
...
9
The English Illustrated Magazine
Only got 'em one yarramen," said the black fellow nonchalantly. There was only
one horse, he had taken it and saved his skin. He had come to warn the white
man of the destruction of his dwelling, but he did not count the half-caste girl of
any ...
10
Australian Aboriginal words in English: their origin and meaning
It has been variously called a boodie rat, a kangaroo rat, a burrowing rat, a
burrowing rat kangaroo, a tchungoo or a yalwa. yarraman /'yseraman/ Chiefly
used in Australian pidgin. Also yanaman. Plural yarraman(s) or yarramen. This
word ...
Robert M. W. Dixon, Bruce Moore, 2006
