gunjible

English

Alternative forms

• gunjabul, gunjibal

Etymology

Alteration of constable.

Noun

gunjible (plural gunjibles)

1. (Australian Aboriginal) A police officer.
   • 1990, Sam Watson, The Kadaitcha Sung:

     ‘Gunjibles!’ boonger hissed […] . Two uniformed policemen were walking straight across to their table.

   • 2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 1:

     At home his enemies were clear: Reverend O'Sullivan, the gunjibals, the Welfare.

Derived terms

• gunjie