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bungoo

bungoo noun: money.

Noun

bungoo (uncountable)

  1. (Australian Aboriginal) Money.
    • Roll over to the cops then take the bungoo and run south on a shiny new Softail.2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 19

Origin of bungoo

From Bandjalang banggu, from English bank.

Questions about bungoo

What does bungoo mean?
Bungoo means money.
What part of speech is bungoo?
Bungoo is a noun.

Words near bungoo in the dictionary

  1. bungmaker
  2. bungmakers
  3. bungo
  4. bungoes
  5. Bungonia
  6. bungoo
  7. bungos
  8. Bungowannah
  9. Bungro
  10. bungs
  11. bungs it on

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