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yowie

British  
/ ˈjaʊɪ /

noun

  1. a large legendary manlike or apelike creature, alleged to inhabit the Australian outback

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Etymology

Origin of yowie

C21: from an Aboriginal word yuwi

Example Sentences

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“An’ niest my yowie, silly thing, Gude keep thee frae a tether string!

From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert

An' neist, my yowie, silly thing, Gude keep thee frae a tether string!

From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert

An neist my yowie, silly thing, next Gude keep thee frae a tether string!

From Robert Burns How To Know Him by Neilson, William Allan

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