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'roo, roo, n.2 Austral. colloq.|ruː|
[Shortened form of kangaroo.]
a. = kangaroo n. 1.
1904‘S. Rudd’ Sandy's Selection 11 Dead 'roos were common enough, but seldom was a live one thrown in Sandy's way. [1926: see kanga2.] 1933Bulletin (Sydney) 30 Aug. 21/3 The whites have a kindly feeling for the 'roo. 1945Coast to Coast 1944 80 First time he's seen a blasted roo. 1966Southerly XXVI. 110 Possums and roos to trap. 1977Caravan World (Austral.) Jan. 59/1 The river had brought emus and 'roos close to the road. 1979Daily Tel. 23 Aug. 11/7 The baby roo tries to get herself adopted by other animals but they prove to be unsatisfactory means of transport.
b. attrib. and Comb., as roo bus, roo meat, roo shooter, roo steak; roo-bar (see quot.); 'roo rat = kangaroo-rat 1.
1976Car Facts & Feats (ed. 2) iii. 158 (caption) The cage in front of the head lamps is affectionately known as a ‘roo-bar’.
1968K. Weatherly Roo Shooter 12 The roo bus swept round a corner, into full view about twenty yards away; the shooter hit the brakes, depressed the clutch and grabbed the ·22 all in the same instant.
1977Weekly Times (Melbourne) 19 Jan. 33/5 Not bad this 'ere veal. Not a touch on roo meat though.
1947I. L. Idriess Isles of Despair xxxii. 212 Hungrily she..satisfied her craving for land flesh. Kangaroo, wallaby..flying fox, 'roo rat, porcupine.
1968K. Weatherly (title) Roo shooter. 1980Age (Melbourne) 1 Apr. 11/1 The national controversy between conservationists and those who want to increase the commercial exploitation of the kangaroo, notably the professional 'roo shooters and the farmers, [etc.].
1926K. S. Prichard Working Bullocks 21 When he had cooked and eaten the piece of 'roo steak he had been carrying.
Hence roo v.2 intr., to hunt kangaroos.
1932K. S. Prichard Kiss on Lips 82 Rooin' this week, Colonel?... Cripes, that's something like! |