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bushie
noun- a rough, tough, unattractive or otherwise unappealing woman AUSTRALIA
From BUSHPIG- Think ya can surf, ya bushie. — Kathy Lette, Girls’ Night Out, p. 196, 1987
- a person who lives in the bush AUSTRALIA, 1887
Can be used negatively to mean a “country bumpkin”, or positively to refer to someone skilled at surviving in the harsh conditions of the Australian outback. - Dave stood on the scales with the saddle over his arm; among the silks of the other jockeys, he did look very much like a bushie just trying his luck. — Anne Brooksbank, Archer, p. 72, 1985
- — David McGill, David McGill’s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary, p. 25, 1998
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