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billabong
[ bil-uh-bawng, -bong ]
noun
, Australian.
- 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.
billabong
/ ˈbɪləˌbɒŋ /
noun
- a backwater channel that forms a lagoon or pool
- a branch of a river running to a dead end
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Word History and Origins
Origin of billabong1
1830–40; < Wiradjuri bilabaŋ creek that runs only during the rainy season, equivalent to bila river + baŋ possessive suffix
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Word History and Origins
Origin of billabong1
C19: from a native Australian language, from billa river + bong dead
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Example Sentences
He and Mitchell fished along the Billabong all the afternoon; I fished a little, and lay about the camp and read.
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I thought you'd sing anthems on the very word Billabong all through the voyage, especially in your bath.
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So they passed through Cunjee, and wheeled to the right towards the open country—the country that meant Billabong.
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Only, motors and Billabong don't go hand in hand—we've always stuck to horses, haven't we, Mr. Jim?
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The years had brought a good deal of sober sense to Bosun and Monarch, but motors were still unfamiliar objects on Billabong.
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