yarraman
Americannoun
plural
yarramennoun
Etymology
Origin of yarraman
First recorded in 1840–50; perhaps from Dhurga (an Australian Aboriginal language spoken on the New South Wales coast, from Jervis Bay to Bermagui) yara- “teeth” + -may noun suffix; borrowed into Australian pidgins, used by white settlers, thence into other Aboriginal languages
Example Sentences
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"You been make a light yarraman this morning?" i.e.
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Moreover, the Yarraman's officers and I were old friends, and, if the truth must be told, my heart yearned for the sight of a ship and a talk about days gone by.
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The Yarraman, travel-stained, and bearing on her weather-beaten plates evidences of the continuous tramp-like life she had led, lay well out in the stream.
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Put some on my hand oust when I went to ole Pepper's school at Yarraman, an' near died laughin' when he gave me twenty cuts fer copy-in' me sums.'
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The Yarraman sale-yards for cattle and sheep were near Waddy too, and brought dusty drovers and droughty stockmen in crowds to the town ship every Tuesday.
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