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gidgee

/ˈɡɪd͡ʒi/

gidgee noun: any of various trees of the genus Acacia, especially Acacia cambagei.

gidgee: any of various trees of the genus Acacia, especially Acacia cambagei
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Noun (1)

gidgee (plural gidgees)

  1. (Australia) Any of various trees of the genus Acacia, especially Acacia cambagei.
    • Acacia homalophylla, A. Cunn., B. Fl., ii., 383. "Curly or Narrow-leaved Yarran." A "Myall." Called also "Gidgee."1890, Joseph Henry Maiden, Wattles and Wattle-barks: Being Hints on the Conservation and Cultivation of Wattles, Together with Particulars of Their Value
    • Since my early days of droving the years have taken toll, / But I somehow miss my swag wrap by a fire of gidgee coal.1964, Stan Coster, “By a Fire of Gidgee Coal”

Noun (2)

gidgee (plural gidgees)

  1. (Australia, Western) A type of long spear.
    • “What say we catch gilgies? I've got a gidgee hidden down the river bank. There's some real big ones this time of year.”1965, Mudrooroo, Wild Cat Falling, HarperCollins, published 2001, page 12
    • I take up the shovel and hold it aloft like a gidgee, but the centipede has disappeared.2007, Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, Allen & Unwin, published 2007, page 96

Examples of gidgee in a sentence

  • Although he lay with some sense of security beneath a gidgee tree, his father's totem, he was brooding about how he could get rid of the pigeons.1997, Alexis Wright, Plains of Promise, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008, p. 186
  • The locals fished by herding fish into the sandy shallows and spearing them with their gidgees.2017, Thomas Wilson, Stepping Off: Rewilding and Belonging in the South-West:

Forms of gidgee

pluralgidgees
alternative formgidgea
alternative formgidyea
alternative formgidgie

Origin of gidgee

Borrowed from Wiradjuri gijir.

From Nyunga gidji.

Words formed from gidgee

Words that rhyme with gidgee

Questions about gidgee

What does gidgee mean?
Gidgee means any of various trees of the genus Acacia, especially Acacia cambagei.
How do you use gidgee in a sentence?
Although he lay with some sense of security beneath a gidgee tree, his father's totem, he was brooding about how he could get rid of the pigeons.
What part of speech is gidgee?
Gidgee is a noun.
How do you pronounce gidgee?
Gidgee is pronounced /ˈɡɪd͡ʒi/.
What is the plural of gidgee?
The plural of gidgee is gidgees.

Words near gidgee in the dictionary

  1. Gideonic
  2. Gideonite
  3. Gideonites
  4. Gideons
  5. Gidewall
  6. gidgee
  7. gidgees
  8. gidgie
  9. Gidginbung
  10. Gidja
  11. gidjee

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