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cumby cumby

cumby cumby is the alternative form of gumbi gumbi.

Meaning of gumbi gumbi

Noun

gumbi gumbi

  1. (Australia) A shrub or small tree, Pittosporum angustifolium, growing in inland Australia, used by Aboriginal peoples for food and medicine.
    • Bo said, ‘Them bloody doctors are no good to you, old mate. You ought to come down to Ranna with us and get yourself a good dose of cumby cumby.’2002, Alex Miller, Journey to the Stone Country, Allen & Unwin, published 2003, page 122

Questions about cumby cumby

What is cumby cumby the alternative form of?
Cumby cumby is the alternative form of gumbi gumbi.

Words near cumby cumby in the dictionary

  1. cumbrousnesses
  2. cumbucket
  3. cumbuckets
  4. cumbungi
  5. Cumby
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  7. Cumbys
  8. cumcow
  9. cumcows
  10. cumdach
  11. cumdachs

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