bushie
See also: Bushie
English
Alternative forms
- bushy
Etymology
From bush + -ie.
Pronunciation
- (General Australian, UK) IPA(key): /ˈbʊʃi/
Audio (AU) (file)
Noun
bushie (plural bushies)
- (Australia, colloquial) Someone who lives in or is familiar with the Australian outback; a bushman or bushwoman.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 184:
- I bought the king parrot from an old bushie in a pub in Exhibition Street.
- 1998, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage 2015, p. 179:
- Timber was a sign of poverty, of our poor-white condition and backwardness: it made ‘bushies’ of us.
- 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 184: