kangarooburger

English

Etymology

From kangaroo +‎ -burger.

Pronunciation

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Noun

kangarooburger (plural kangarooburgers)

1. A burger made with kangaroo meat.
   • 1982, Private Eye, Issues 523-549, unknown page:

     Visitors barely had time to hang the Cortina on a tree, grab a pre-match kangarooburger, and chisel last week's chewinggum off the sea before the netting started to bulge.

   • 2006, George W. Eastman, Christoph Wald, & Jane Crossin, Getting Started in Clinical Radiology: From Image to Diagnosis, Thieme, →ISBN, page 304:

     The chairman also doesn't want to miss this event and is keen to have one of those fresh kangarooburgers Paul has organized from the delicatessen shop down the street.

   • 2009, Emily Ecton, Night of the Living Lawn Ornaments, Aladdin, →ISBN, page 112:

     I closed my eyes and tried to think happy thoughts. But unfortunately the thoughts that kept popping up were of pinking shears, murder, kangarooburgers.

Synonyms

• rooburger