wurley
noun
an Aboriginal person's shelter, made of branches and leaves.
wurlies
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pluralof wurley.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The camp where the drover was obliged to live consisted of thirty or forty wurlies on the side of a little hill above a spring.
From In the Musgrave Ranges by Conrad H. (Conrad Harvey) Sayce
A terrible tragedy was about to be enacted in front of that cluster of sordid wurlies.
From In the Musgrave Ranges by Conrad H. (Conrad Harvey) Sayce
The wurlies were made from branches pulled from the ragged trees which grew around, and stuck in the sand with their tops brought together.
From In the Musgrave Ranges by Conrad H. (Conrad Harvey) Sayce
