gympie

/ (ˈɡɪmpɪ) /

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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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How to use gympie in a sentence

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
Since the discovery of the Gympie goldfield there has been no cessation in the progress of mining in Queensland.
Our First Half-Century|Government of Queensland
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 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