gunyah
Americannoun
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an Aboriginal hut or shelter.
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any crude bush hut or shelter.
noun
Etymology
Origin of gunyah
First recorded in 1790–1800, gunyah is from the Dharuk word gu-n'i
Example Sentences
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The movements of these dingoes, once they reached within a couple of miles of Bill's gunyah, would have interested any student of the wild.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Robert Hugh Buxton
Some young gins stood by a gunyah, and he saw one of the horsemen point to them, and turn and say something to his companions.
From Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush by Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton) Spence
Bowen's answer was to hand his weapon over to Kilbride and to creep into the gunyah on his hands and knees.
From Stingaree by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
"Found 'em in your saddle-bags while you were in my gunyah," explained the bushranger, stepping round to survey his handiwork.
From Stingaree by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
He slept a little farther from the gunyah now, and relied almost entirely upon his own hunting for food.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Robert Hugh Buxton
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