bandicooting

Verb

bandicoot (third-person singular simple present bandicoots, present participle bandicooting, simple past and past participle bandicooted)

1. (Australia, informal) To steal growing root vegetables from a garden by digging the vegetable out but leaving the tops undisturbed.
   • ‘Well, the abos ‘bandicooted’ his peanuts.’1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 290

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