bardie

/ (ˈbɑːdiː) /

noun

an edible white wood-boring grub of Australia

starve the bardies! Australian slang an exclamation of surprise or protest

Nearby words

bardeen, bardeen, john, bardeen-cooper-schrieffer theory, bardet-biedl syndrome, bardic, bardie, bardo, bardolatry, bardolino, bardot, bardy

Word Origin for bardie

from a native Australian language

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Examples from the Web for bardie

Bardie and Bunny knew better than that, and never came for stories, till the proper time—the twilight.
The Maid of Sker|Richard Doddridge Blackmore
Susan say to me one day, kite yell, I amember, ickle Bardie made of money!
The Maid of Sker|Richard Doddridge Blackmore
The same must have been the fate of Bardie but for the accident of that boat.
The Maid of Sker|Richard Doddridge Blackmore
But if she had been surprised before, how was she astonished now at Bardie's reception of her?
The Maid of Sker|Richard Doddridge Blackmore

She entered into Bardie's condition, and took quite a motherly attitude towards her.
The Maid of Sker|Richard Doddridge Blackmore