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wurley
[ wur-lee ]
noun
, Australian.
, plural wur·leys, wur·lies.
- an Aboriginal person's shelter, made of branches and leaves.
- a nest, especially a rat's nest.
wurley
/ ˈwɜːlɪ /
noun
- an Aboriginal hut
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wurley1
First recorded in 1840–50; from Kaurna (an Australian Aboriginal language, now extinct, spoken at the present site of Adelaide), recorded as wa(d)li
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Word History and Origins
Origin of wurley1
from a native Australian language
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Example Sentences
They also used to assist me in making a wurley or breakwind whenever they shifted camp.
From Project Gutenberg
They also used to assist me in making a wurley, or breakwind, whenever they shifted camp.
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