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▪ I. corroboree, n.|kəˈrɒbərɪ|
Also 8 caribberie, 9 corobory, corobbory, corrobberri, corrobery, -borree, -bory, -baree.
[The native name in the now extinct language of Port Jackson, New South Wales. (Original pronunciation uncertain.)]
a. The native dance of the Australian aborigines; it is held at night by moonlight or a bush fire, and is either of a festive or warlike character.
See for description T. L. Mitchell Three Exped. E. Australia (1838) II. 4; also Blair Cycl. Australasia (1881) 90.
1793J. Hunter Port Jackson 195 They very frequently, at the conclusion of the dance, would apply to us..for marks of our approbation..which we never failed to give by often repeating the word boojery, good; or boojery caribberie, a good dance. 1835J. Batman in Cornwallis New World (1859) I. 391 A corroborree with song was got up in quick time..The company was composed entirely of women, twenty-four in number. 1837C. M. Goodridge Voy. S. Seas (1843) 126 After this meal they began a kind of dance, all hands repeating the word corobory. We remained among them till towards daylight, during all which time they continued their revelry. 1845Darwin Voy. Nat. xix. (1873) 450 These men were persuaded to hold a ‘corrobery’ or great dancing party. 1871Tylor Prim. Cult. I. 324 The Pleiades seem to the Australians a group of girls playing to a corroboree. 1875Ridley Kamilaroi 150 A song sung at corrobarees at the junction of the Hunter and the Isis.
b. A song or chant made for the occasion of such a dance.
1847Leichhardt Overland Exped. x. 323 He sang most lamentable corrobories. 1881A. C. Grant Bush Life in Queensland (1882) 51 They send runners to the neighbouring tribes, inviting them to come over..and listen to the new corroborree. 1889J. H. L. Zillmann Austral. Life xii. 132 The story..became, no doubt, the theme for ‘a corroberee’. 1956R. Robinson Feathered Serpent 84 Yoola sat on the top of a red uprearing rock-face and sang his corroboree.
c. A social gathering; a noisy party; a disturbance.
1885Forbes Nat. Wanderings iv. ii. 295 Kingfishers..in large chattering corrobories in the tops of high trees. 1892Sat. Rev. 13 Feb. 168/2 A corrobory of gigantic dimensions is being prepared for [General Booth's] reception. 1909Ware Passing Eng. 93/2 Corroboree (Nautical), a drunken spree, in which there is much yelling. 1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 20 Corrobbery, a social gathering, a public meeting. (2) A disturbance or noise (made by people). (3) A discussion. 1964Telegraph (Brisbane) 24 Sept. 5/2 It is a fair bet that, with some bush natives taking full advantage of their drinking rights, there will be some lively corroborees in lounges and beer gardens.
Hence corroboreeing vbl. n., nonce-wd., performing the corroboree; also attrib. and transf.
1871Darwin Desc. Man. II. xiii. 55 The males [Lyre⁓bird] congregate and form ‘corroborying places’, where they sing, raising and spreading their tails like peacocks.
▪ II. corroboree, v.
[f. the n.]
intr. To take part in a corroboree. Also transf. To ‘dance’; hence, of a pot, to boil.
1830R. Dawson Pres. State Australia 61 They began to corrobery, or dance. 1846C. P. Hodgson Remin. Australia 257 The mosquitoes from the swamps corroboreed with unmitigated ardour. 1881A. C. Grant Bush Life in Queensland (1882) 34 They had almost finished their meal before the new quart corroborreed. 1885Mrs. C. Praed Austral. Life 22 A scene of feasting and corroboreeing. 1908E. J. Banfield Confessions of Beachcomber ii. i. 251 There was little for the population to do save to eat, drink, laze away the hotter hours of the day, and ‘corroboree’ at night. |