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galah|gəˈlɑː|
[native Australian galah.]
1. Australian name for the Rose-breasted Cockatoo (Cacatua roseicapilla).
1890Lyth Golden South xiv. 127 The galahs, with their delicate gray and rose-pink plumage, are the prettiest parrots. 1896Westm. Gaz. 6 Oct. 2/1 The galahs, the rose⁓breasted parrots, would scream at him.
2. Austral. slang. A fool, simpleton.
1944L. Glassop We were Rats xxv. 142 When will these galahs wake up? 1949Geogr. Mag. Feb. 374 A foolish person is often called a galah, after the name of the garrulous bird. 1960Encounter XIV. 28 Don't be a galah, Art and I are old drinking cobbers. 1965E. Brown Big Man vii. 56, I have to report for special duty because of this Pommie galah. 1971Guardian 9 Sept. 9/5 He has visited the mineral belt and met the..larrikins, galahs and dills who gravitate to such a scene. |