gympie

/ (ˈɡɪmpɪ) /

noun Australian

a tall tree with stinging hairs on its leaves

a hammer

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Word Origin for gympie

C19: from a native Australian language

Words nearby gympie

gymnorhinal, gymnosophist, gymnosperm, gymnospermous, gymnospore, gympie, gym shoe, gymslip, gymslip mother , gym suit, GYN

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Example sentences from the Web for gympie

He was a hardworking miner in a gold claim at Gympie, one of the most permanent reefing fields in Queensland.
Two Years Among the Savages of New Guinea.|W. D. Pitcairn
We mean comparatively so, as those at Gympie are also of great promise.
Under the Southern Cross|Maturin M. Ballou
Gympie, a gold-mining town a hundred miles north, has about the same number of inhabitants.
Under the Southern Cross|Maturin M. Ballou
He is a lucky digger from Gympie, and came aboard at Brisbane, and has kept the ship in an uproar ever since.
Tom Gerrard|Louis Becke

Well, about a month after we took him to Gympie, backed him heavily, and he ran nearly last.
The Second String|Nat Gould

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