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1. bangalay, n. View full entry 1884
...Bastard mahogany....
2. bardy, n. View full entry 1926
...An edible Australian wood-boring grub (Bardistus cibarius) or its larvæ. Used locally in starve the bardies!, an exclamatory phr. of surprise or disgust....
3. barramundi, n. View full entry 1873
...Any of various chiefly freshwater fishes; (now) spec. the Asian seabass, Lates calcarifer....
4. belah, n. View full entry 1862
...The Australian name for various trees, chiefly of the genus Casuarina; also the wood of these trees....
5. billabong, n. View full entry 1865
...A branch or effluent of a river, forming a blind channel, backwater, or stagnant pool....
6. bingy, n. View full entry 1859
...The stomach, belly. Also attrib....
7. bogy | bogey, n.2 View full entry 1849
...A bathe....
8. bombora, n. View full entry 1933
...A dangerous stretch of water where the waves break over a submerged reef of rocks....
9. boobyalla, n. View full entry 1835
...A name in Australia for the Australian wattle....
10. boodie-rat, n. View full entry 1910
...A species of rat-kangaroo. Also called boodie....
11. boong, n. View full entry 1941
...An (Australian) Aboriginal; a native of New Guinea; also, any coloured person....
12. borak, n. View full entry 1845
...Nonsense, humbug; chaff, banter; esp. in to poke (the) borak, to make or poke fun....
13. boylya, n. View full entry 1841
...In Western Australia: an Australian Aborigine with skills in traditional medicine, who is thought to have spiritual and magical powers....
14. brigalow, n. View full entry 1847
...Any one of several species of acacia, esp. A. harpophylla. Also attrib....
15. budgeree, adj. View full entry 1793
...Good, excellent....
16. bung, adj.2 View full entry 1882
...Dead....
17. bungarra, n. View full entry 1897
...= sand goannasand2b....
18. ˈchucky-ˈchucky, n. View full entry 1871
...A kind of berry, the fruit of Gaultheria hispida....
19. cobbra, n. View full entry 1832
...The head, skull....
20. coolamon, n. View full entry 1846
...A shallow basin-shaped container made of wood or bark, used esp. for holding water or other liquids....
