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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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
"Found 'em in your saddle-bags while you were in my gunyah," explained the bushranger, stepping round to survey his handiwork.
From Stingaree by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
Five miles from Bill's gunyah, in a direct southerly line, stood the big, rambling station homestead, where Bill's bachelor employer had lived for many years.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh
Backing precipitately out of the gunyah, he turned round before rising upright—and remained upon his knees after all.
From Stingaree by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
He slept a little farther from the gunyah now, and relied almost entirely upon his own hunting for food.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh
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