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 pelt he placed on a log beside the gunyah, and the carcase he cut in half across the backbone.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Robert Hugh Buxton
Finn carried this fat kill back to his den, and feasted right royally that night for the first time since he was expelled from the purlieus of the gunyah and the easy-going old life.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Robert Hugh Buxton
But he dozed now, out there in the clear patch where the gunyah stood, free of all thoughts of men and cages.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Robert Hugh Buxton
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
Altogether, it was with a curiously disturbed and divided mind, in which bitterness and resentment were uppermost, that the Wolfhound gazed now at the man sitting in the firelight by Bill's gunyah.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Robert Hugh Buxton
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