bushie

See also: Bushie

English

Alternative forms

• bushy

Etymology

From bush +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

• (General Australian, UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbʊʃi/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

bushie (plural bushies)

1. (Australia, colloquial) Someone who lives in or is familiar with the Australian outback; a bushman or bushwoman.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 184:

     I bought the king parrot from an old bushie in a pub in Exhibition Street.

   • 1998, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 179:

     Timber was a sign of poverty, of our poor-white condition and backwardness: it made ‘bushies’ of us.