billabong
a branch of a river flowing away from the main stream but leading to no other body of water; a blind or dead-end channel.
a creek bed holding water only in the rainy season; a dried-up watercourse.
a stagnant backwater or slough formed by receding floodwater.
Origin of billabong
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How to use billabong in a sentence
He and Mitchell fished along the billabong all the afternoon; I fished a little, and lay about the camp and read.
Over the Sliprails | Henry LawsonI thought you'd sing anthems on the very word billabong all through the voyage, especially in your bath.
Back To Billabong | Mary Grant BruceSo they passed through Cunjee, and wheeled to the right towards the open country—the country that meant billabong.
Back To Billabong | Mary Grant BruceOnly, motors and billabong don't go hand in hand—we've always stuck to horses, haven't we, Mr. Jim?
Back To Billabong | Mary Grant BruceThe years had brought a good deal of sober sense to Bosun and Monarch, but motors were still unfamiliar objects on billabong.
Back To Billabong | Mary Grant Bruce
British Dictionary definitions for billabong
/ (ˈbɪləˌbɒŋ) /
a backwater channel that forms a lagoon or pool
a branch of a river running to a dead end
Origin of billabong
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