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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I have made myself a bark gunyah, and for the present that is my home, Nic.”
From First in the Field A Story of New South Wales by Rahey, L.
Get me that rope that's slung over the gunyah.
From Stingaree by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
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 Buxton, Robert Hugh
Bill presently tied up the hanging door of the gunyah and mounted his horse.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh
His back, too, which had been broad and flat, was like the ridge of a gunyah now, from one end of which his neck rose gauntly, and appeared to be of prodigious length.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh
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