gympie

/ ˈɡɪmpɪ /

noun

1. a tall tree with stinging hairs on its leaves
2. a hammer

Word History and Origins

Origin of gympie¹

C19: from a native Australian language

Example Sentences

He is a lucky digger from Gympie, and came aboard at Brisbane, and has kept the ship in an uproar ever since.

From Project Gutenberg

Since the discovery of the Gympie goldfield there has been no cessation in the progress of mining in Queensland.

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We mean comparatively so, as those at Gympie are also of great promise.

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Gympie, a gold-mining town a hundred miles north, has about the same number of inhabitants.

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He was a hardworking miner in a gold claim at Gympie, one of the most permanent reefing fields in Queensland.

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