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bungoo

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English

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Etymology

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From Bandjalang banggu, from English bank.

Noun

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bungoo (uncountable)

  1. (Australian Aboriginal) Money. [from 20th c.]
    • 2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press 2023, p. 19:
      Roll over to the cops then take the bungoo and run south on a shiny new Softail.