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quandong|ˈkwændɒŋ, ˈkwɒn-|
Also quandang, -dung, quon(g)dong, quantong.
[Aboriginal Australian.]
1. a. A small Australian tree, Santalum acuminatum, belonging to the family Santalaceæ, and bearing racemes of small greenish-white flowers; also the globular red fruit of this tree. b. A forest tree found in northeastern Australia, Elæocarpus grandis, belonging to the family Elæocarpaceæ, and distinguished by grey bark and axillary racemes of bell-shaped, greenish-white flowers; also, the blue berries of this tree. Also attrib.
1839T. L. Mitchell 3 Exped. 135 (Morris) In all these scrubs on the Murray the Fusanus acuminatus is common, and produces the quandang nut. 1850Clutterbuck Port Phillip II. 30 The indigenous Quandang..is the only really palatable fruit that grows in the wilds of Port Phillip. 1857W. Howitt Tallangetta I. 41 (Morris) Abundance of fig..trees, cherries, loquots, quondongs. 1859H. Kingsley G. Hamlyn xxx. (1894) 279 Such quantongs, such raspberries, surpassing imagination. 1862R. Henning Let. 2 Nov. (1966) 114 He [sc. an emu] also eats quandongs, a sort of wild plum that grows in the bush. They look very like the common black plums you preserve, but they are sour and bitter and harsh to an untold degree. 1887J. Farrell How he Died 20 Where barren fig-tree and..quandong Bloom on lone roads. 1903‘T. Collins’ Such is Life ii. 74 She had watched the deepening crimson of the quandong, amidst its thick contexture of Nile-green leaves. 1908E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber I. i. 22 The shiny blue quandong (Elæocarpus grandis), misleading and insipid. 1935H. H. Finlayson Red Centre viii. 84 Of the sweet fruits, the quondong and plum are first favourites. 1936F. Clune Roaming round Darling xvii. 162 Then there is the quondong-tree, which has a small fruit with a nut inside like a marble. 1945Coast to Coast 1944 88 Give me your quandong stones and your two tortoise-shells. 1953M. E. Patchett in I. Bevan Sunburnt Country ii. iv. 117 Here are quandong trees with their thick, leathery leaves and red globes of fruit that make delicious jams and jellies. 1965Austral. Encycl. III. 365/1 E[læocarpus] grandis (the blue, white, or silver quandong)..has large blue drupes known to children as blue figs, and sometimes, but incorrectly, as quandongs. 1967[see native a. 13 d]. 1978Observer (Colour Suppl.) 1 Jan. 24/4 Yatungka..had gone east a great distance to gather the fruit of the quandong tree. Ibid., Yatungka arrived at the camp about midday, carrying a dish full of quandongs.
2. Austral. slang. A disreputable person who lives by his wits (see also quot. 1977).
1939K. Tennant Foveaux 311 In this crowd of low heels, quandongs and ripperty men, she looked at her ease and yet not of them. 1973F. Huelin Keep Moving 178 Quandong, hobo who bludges or imposes on another. 1977J. Ramsay Cop it Sweet 75 Quandong, female who makes a practice of remaining virtuous after being wined and dined. |