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hobyah

hobyah noun: a kind of bogeyman in Australian folklore.

Noun

hobyah (plural hobyahs)

  1. A kind of bogeyman in Australian folklore.
    • She'd never seen a hobyah so close before. In fact, the only other time she'd seen a live one had been that morning, chasing her uncle.2018, J. P. Ashman, Dyrk Ashton, David Benem, Lost Lore: A Fantasy Anthology

Forms of hobyah

pluralhobyahs

Questions about hobyah

What does hobyah mean?
Hobyah means a kind of bogeyman in Australian folklore.
What part of speech is hobyah?
Hobyah is a noun.
What is the plural of hobyah?
The plural of hobyah is hobyahs.

Words near hobyah in the dictionary

  1. Hobsonville
  2. hobthrush
  3. hobthrushes
  4. Hoby
  5. Hoby with Rotherby
  6. hobyah
  7. hobyahs
  8. Hobyot
  9. HoC
  10. hocartite
  11. hocchiku

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