humpies

Noun (1)

humpy (plural humpies)

1. A white perch (Morone americana).

Noun (2)

humpy (plural humpies)

1. (Australia) A temporary shelter made from bark and tree branches, traditionally used by Aboriginal people.
   • It was a new humpy of bark and saplings, quaintly impressive of white man’s defiance of the wild.1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 79
2. (Australia) Any crude or temporary dwelling, especially made from found materials; a bush hut.
   • They did nothing much more in the way of building than to erect a number of crazy humpies of such materials as bark and kerosene-cans […]1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter III, in Capricornia, page 29

   Synonyms:

   gunyah, mia mia, wurly, shack

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Noun

humpie (plural humpies)

1. A humpback salmon, Oncorhynchus gorbuscha.
   • There was a lot of snagging at first, of humpies too tired to resist, of deadfall trailing limbs in the water, but after a while Gregor caught and by a miracle landed a two-pound rainbow and everyone began fishing in earnest.1999, Dana Stabenow, Hunter's Moon, →ISBN, page 44