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corrobory

corrobory is the alternative form of corroboree.

Meaning of corroboree

Noun

corroboree (plural corroborees)

  1. A nocturnal dance held by Aboriginal Australians, for social, celebratory or warlike purposes.
    • A hundred yards or so away the throaty beat of a didgeridoo drifted down from some ancient corroboree, a splendid accompaniment to the music of the night1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 2005, page 231
  2. A song or chant made for such a festivity.
    • He reached home, and lived long enough to hear the natives wailing in a Death Corroboree over his late comrade.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IV, in Capricornia, page 52
  3. Any noisy, late-night gathering or disturbance.

Forms of corrobory

pluralcorrobories

Questions about corrobory

What is corrobory the alternative form of?
Corrobory is the alternative form of corroboree.

Words near corrobory in the dictionary

  1. corroboree
  2. corroboree frog
  3. corroboree frogs
  4. corroborees
  5. corrobories
  6. corrobory
  7. corrodable
  8. corrodant
  9. corrodants
  10. corrode
  11. corroded

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