corroboree
Americannoun
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an assembly of Aboriginal people typified by singing and dancing, sometimes associated with traditional sacred rites.
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a social gathering, especially of a boisterous nature.
noun
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a native assembly of sacred, festive, or warlike character
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informal any noisy gathering
Etymology
Origin of corroboree
First recorded in 1793, corroboree is from the Dharuk word ga-ra-ba-ra “dance”
Example Sentences
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In Australia, the tiny black-and-yellow Southern corroboree frog was nearly pushed to extinction by the fungus.
From National Geographic
It shows in her laughter, a corroboree of chuckles, whinnies and convulsions.
From Time Magazine Archive
And we plan a corroboree at the colony after the Warlock is down, when there will be some excellently practiced singing.
From Sand Doom by Murray Leinster
He then danced a corroboree round them, and sang a song.
From In the Wrong Paradise by Andrew Lang
Latest about the Cretan corroboree in our cable messages this evening.
From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Edward Ellis Morris
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