The less-known birds, fishes, plants, and trees are in manycases not illustrated by quotations, but have moved to theirplaces in the Dictionary from lists of repute.
Something has been donein Melbourne, but the Colonies have different words and uses ofwords, and this work is of a kind which might well extendbeyond the bounds of a single city. 254: The flying gin (gin is the native word for woman or female)is a boomah, and will leave behind every description of dog. 16: Trailing `bush-lawyers,' intermingled with coarse bracken,cling lovingly to the rude stones. Howitt, `Australia,' p.
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