| 释义 |
Definition of mundowie in English: mundowienoun mʌnˈdaʊi Australian informal 1A footstep. we was runnin' too hard to hear anything but our mundowies Example sentencesExamples - The bending of a few blades of grass, the fresh turning of the smallest stone, denoted "blackfellow mundowie", and when the imprint of a foot was caught in soft ground or sand it was at once pronounced as Charley's.
- We saw tracks about a mile from the hole, and though the big, splayed ‘mundowies’ meant nothing to me, Pebble could read them like a printed page.
- You no make a light mundowie along with grass!
- 1.1 A foot.
I froze me mundowies off, bringin' in the cows Example sentencesExamples - Are you telling me to get my mundowies off the seat?
- The length of a 'foot' was standardised from the size of someone's 'mundowie' to 12 inches.
- I'm would rather have my bare mundowies firmly planted on the warm Australian dirt.
- He squatted, hams on heels, the toes of his mundowies gripping the ground.
Origin Early 19th century: Australian pidgin, perhaps from Dharuk manuwi 'foot', or Awabakal manduwang 'foot'. |