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Definition of old man kangaroo in English: old man kangaroo(also old man roo) noun Australian A fully grown male kangaroo. men's lives have been lost through approaching incautiously an old man kangaroo Example sentencesExamples - Though the koalas and possums smuggled aboard perished for want of the right food on the trip over, here now is a surviving Old Man Kangaroo, who refuses to budge from the wharf.
- In a tall case stood an old-man kangaroo.
- I would gaze in wonder at pictures of the koala and kookaburra, the platypus and Tasmanian bush-devil, Old Man Kangaroo and Yellow Dog Dingo, and Sydney Harbour Bridge.
- A huge Old Man Roo stands at the fork of the road.
- Most of the 'roos managed to jump the fence, but the biggest old man 'roo stayed on their side of the fence.
- If you hit one of the old man roos, you do an enormous amount of damage.
- Jack took a step nearer to the Old Man 'roo, and instantly brought up his fists as the animal doubled its front paws
- An old-man kangaroo, such as this one, is generally able to give a pretty good account of himself in the face of four or five hounds.
- If I were going along, and saw an old-man kangaroo hopping straight towards me and looking at me, I should know that he was giving me notice that enemies were about.
- He was what they call an old-man kangaroo; and if he wasn't six feet high I'm a liar.
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