borak
Americannoun
noun
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rubbish; nonsense
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to jeer at someone
Etymology
Origin of borak
First recorded in 1835–45; from Wathawurrung (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken around Geelong, Victoria) borak “no,” via Australian pidgin
Example Sentences
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“You won’t chiack or poke borak at his grey and honoured head when, by reason of his endowment of adipose tissue, his wind gives out?”
From The Tale of Timber Town by Grace, Alfred A. (Alfred Augustus)
"I could give yer a tune meself, but I suppose yer'd poke borak."
From Jonah by Stone, Louis
"Garn!" he cried at last, and his voice was between a whine and a snarl; "yer needn't poke borak!"
From Jonah by Stone, Louis
"If yer only come ter poke borak, yer better go," cried Pinkey, with an angry flush.
From Jonah by Stone, Louis
Borak you shift-um that peller bullock; borak you shift-um that peller yarraman.
From Such Is Life by Furphy, Joseph
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