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单词 mundowie
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mundowien.

Brit. /mʌnˈdəʊi/, U.S. /ˌmənˈdoʊi/, Australian English /mʌnˈdoʊi/
Forms: 1800s– mundowie, 1900s– mundoey, 1900s– mundoie.
Origin: Of uncertain origin. Perhaps a borrowing from Dharuk. Or perhaps a borrowing from Awabakul. Etymons: Dharuk manuwi; Awabakul manduwaŋ.
Etymology: Perhaps < Dharuk (New South Wales) manuwi or < Awabakul (New South Wales) manduwaŋ.The form mundoe is recorded as an Aboriginal word meaning ‘foot’ in a manuscript glossary of c1822: see further Austral. National Dict., s.v.
Australian colloquial.
A foot; a footprint.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > limb > extremities > foot > [noun]
footOE
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toec1290
pettitoes1590
goers1612
hoofa1616
fetlock1645
stamper1652
fetterlock1674
pedestal1695
trotter1755
footsie1762
dew-beaters1811
pedal1838
mud-hook1850
tootsy1854
tootsicum1860
gun-boat1870
mundowie1880
plate of meat1887
trilby1895
dog1913
puppies1922
1880 ‘Old Hand’ Experiences of Colonist i. 36 You no make alight mundowie along with grass!
1909 Bulletin (Sydney) 16 Dec. 13/3 Chocking one of the wheels of bullock-dray with his big mundoeys.
1943 Bulletin (Sydney) 22 Dec. 12/3 That boong squatted, hams on heels, the toes of his mundowies gripping the ground.
1976 C. D. Mills Hobble Chains & Greenhide 11 We saw tracks about a mile from the hole, and though the big, splayed ‘mundoies’ meant nothing to me, Pebble could read them like a printed page.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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