gidgee

Definitions

1. Any of various trees of the genus Acacia, especially Acacia cambagei.
   Australia
2. A type of long spear.
   Australia, Western

Examples

“Acacia homalophylla, A. Cunn., B. Fl., ii., 383. "Curly or Narrow-leaved Yarran." A "Myall." Called also "Gidgee."”

“Since my early days of droving the years have⟳ taken toll, / But I somehow miss⟳ my swag wrap⟳ by a fire of gidgee coal.”

“Although he lay⟳ with some sense⟳ of security beneath a gidgee tree, his father's totem, he was brooding about how he could get⟳ rid⟳ of the pigeons.”

““What say⟳ we catch⟳ gilgies? I've got a gidgee hidden down the river bank. There's some real big ones this time of year.””

“I take⟳ up the shovel and hold⟳ it aloft like⟳ a gidgee, but the centipede has disappeared.”

“The locals fished by herding fish⟳ into the sandy shallows and spearing them with their gidgees.”

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