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myalls

myalls is the plural of myall.

Meaning of myall

Noun (1)

myall (plural myalls)

  1. (obsolete, Australian Aboriginal) A stranger; an ignorant person.
    • He […] flung himself into the outstretched arms of Anna. "Wazzer madder liddle man?" she crooned. "Aw wazzer madder wid de liddle myall now?"1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter V, in Capricornia, page 75
  2. (Australia) An Aboriginal person living according to tradition.

Noun (2)

myall (countable and uncountable, plural myalls)

  1. Any of various Australian acacias, especially the weeping myall, Acacia pendula, or the wood of such trees.
    • Friday, 30th December, Hanson Range. […] Changed our course to a very prominent hill (which I have named Mount Arthur) bearing 275 degrees, and after crossing two small myall creeks and a stony plain with salt bush and grass, at ten miles we struck a large myall and gum creek, coming from the...1859, John McDouall Stuart, journal entry, Third Expedition (In the vicinity of Lake Torrens, Explorations in Australia - The Journals of John McDouall Stuart, Echo Library, 2006, page 57

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Proper noun capitalized: Myalls

Myalls

  1. (plural) plural of Myall

Phrases with myalls

Questions about myalls

What is myalls the plural of?
Myalls is the plural of myall.
What part of speech is myalls?
Myalls is a proper noun.

Words near myalls in the dictionary

  1. Myall Lake
  2. Myall Park
  3. myall snake
  4. myall snakes
  5. Myalla
  6. myalls
  7. myals
  8. Myamyn
  9. MYAN
  10. Myan.
  11. Myanma

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