bardie
- an edible white wood-boring grub of Australia
- starve the bardies! Australian slang an exclamation of surprise or protest
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Word Origin
from a native Australian language
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Historical Examples
Now, being sure of my boat, I began to think what to do with Bardie.
The Maid of SkerRichard Doddridge Blackmore
And poor Bardie get off her stool, and say what her dear papa tell.
The Maid of SkerRichard Doddridge Blackmore
Not like Bardie, of course; but still a satisfactory feeling.
The Maid of SkerRichard Doddridge Blackmore
But at the very first sight of Bardie, everything else was gone from her.
The Maid of SkerRichard Doddridge Blackmore
Hy'se 'a been so long, old Davy, afore 'a come to see poor Bardie?
The Maid of SkerRichard Doddridge Blackmore