yowie
- a large legendary manlike or apelike creature, alleged to inhabit the Australian outback
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Word Origin
C21: from an Aboriginal word yuwi
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Historical Examples
So I made a compact that as soon as he showed us this wonderful “Yowie” (his word for water) he should go free.
Spinifex and SandDavid W Carnegie