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walkabout

[ wawk-uh-bout ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

Chiefly British.
1. a walking tour.
2. an informal public stroll taken by members of the royal family or by a political figure for the purpose of greeting and being seen by the public.
Australian.
1. a brief, informal leave from work, taken by an Aboriginal person to wander the bush, visit relatives, or return to Native life.
2. absence from work.

walkabout

/ ˈwɔːkəˌbaʊt /

a periodic nomadic excursion into the Australian bush made by a native Australian
a walking tour
an occasion when celebrities, royalty, etc, walk among and meet the public
go walkabout
1. to wander through the bush
2. to be lost or misplaced
3. to lose one's concentration

First recorded in 1905–10; noun use of verb phrase walk about

“Male fishers go on these huge walkabouts to find females,” Werntz says.

While the lens is designated as a macro, the 50mm focal length makes it more of a walkabout lens with macro capabilities.

What was nice about this lens is how it is also a very nice walkabout lens.

As a kid, after all, she had begged her mom to buy her cargo shorts so she could carry the rocks she collected during her walkabouts.

At least that's what one well-wisher who met Kate Middleton as she went walkabout today thinks.

Spectator Joanne Baldwin, 30, spoke to the Duchess during the walkabout.

Next came a walkabout, with one little girl very hesitant to give up her flowers to Camilla.

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