gunyah
Americannoun
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an Aboriginal hut or shelter.
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any crude bush hut or shelter.
noun
Etymology
Origin of gunyah
First recorded in 1790–1800, gunyah is from the Dharuk word gu-n'i
Example Sentences
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They decided that the Wolfhound might, after all, be of the wild kindred, since he evidently had no mind to face the owner of the gunyah by daylight.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh
Some young gins stood by a gunyah, and he saw one of the horsemen point to them, and turn and say something to his companions.
From Colonial Born A tale of the Queensland bush by Spence, Percy F. S. (Percy Frederick Seaton)
As he reached the end of the gunyah, a kind of roar burst from his swelling chest and, in that instant, the two dingoes flung themselves forward in flight, Finn after them.
From Finn The Wolfhound by Buxton, Robert Hugh
As it was, we were soon creeping through a man-hole curtained by a frozen blanket into the corrugated core of the sand-bagged gunyah.
From Notes of a Camp-Follower on the Western Front by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
The only other sign of Stingaree was a hank of rope flung carelessly across the gunyah roof.
From Stingaree by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
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