Meaning of zambuk | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A first-aider, especially one from St. John Ambulance attending at a sports event.
   Australia, New-Zealand, informal
2. Alternative spelling of sambuq.
   alt-of, alternative
3. Alternative letter-case form of zambuk.
   alt-of

Examples

““C’mon ‘Zambuk,’ what’s keeping yer!” the old-time football crowds would yell⟳ when one over-eager barracker k.o.’d an opposition supporter. Spencer Middlemiss sat back in a chair at his Mascot home last⟳ week, and, surrounded by a pile of certificates, photographs and cuttings, proudly confessed that he was one of the original “Zambuks.””

“The Hospitaller's Clubs, who work⟳ for the Hospital of St. John, an op[h]thalmic hospital in Jerusalem, and the St. John Ambulance Brigade, they're the voluntary uniform body, the Zambuks on the football field and the women in white who look⟳ after fainting people in big crowds …”

“When I came past the accident scene I couldn't believe⟳ it—the driver was walking around, though he was breathing a little huskily. As the ambulance by that time had arrived I told one of the zambucks.”

“‘You’re still bleeding from that wound on the head. Tiger’ll put⟳ a dressing on it.’ / ‘Aw, call⟳ the Zambuck,’ he protested. / […] / ‘Zambuck’s the first aid man at the footy—you know⟳, St John’s Ambulance. They’re called that ’cause of the ointment they carry⟳.’”

“All Black lock⟳ Tiny White (born 1925) being taken from the field by zambuks in the fourth New Zealand–South Africa rugby test⟳, Eden Park⟳, Auckland, 1 September 1956.”

“We better tell⟳ them the shooting is over, otherwise the cops won't let⟳ the zambucks come⟳ up to get⟳ Cathy.”

““C’mon ‘Zambuk,’ what’s keeping yer!” the old-time football crowds would yell⟳ when one over-eager barracker k.o.’d an opposition supporter. Spencer Middlemiss sat back in a chair at his Mascot home last⟳ week, and, surrounded by a pile of certificates, photographs and cuttings, proudly confessed that he was one of the original “Zambuks.””

“The Hospitaller's Clubs, who work⟳ for the Hospital of St. John, an op[h]thalmic hospital in Jerusalem, and the St. John Ambulance Brigade, they're the voluntary uniform body, the Zambuks on the football field and the women in white who look⟳ after fainting people in big crowds …”

“‘You’re still bleeding from that wound on the head. Tiger’ll put⟳ a dressing on it.’ / ‘Aw, call⟳ the Zambuck,’ he protested. / […] / ‘Zambuck’s the first aid man at the footy—you know⟳, St John’s Ambulance. They’re called that ’cause of the ointment they carry⟳.’”

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