billabong

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We crossed the big billabong, and were ploughing through the dust and sand towards West Bourke, when a buggy full of city girls and swells passed by.

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  1. noun Australian A dead-end channel extending from the main stream of a river.
  2. noun Australian A streambed filled with water only in the rainy season.
  3. noun Australian A stagnant pool or backwater.

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  • Cool billabong hats almost like @kk's Brixton manhat that I have been coveting since he got it 6: 57 PM Dec 31st, 2008 —  Stylefinds
  • To give you an idea of how amazing it was, for that price I managed to get a dress, silver ring, a leather bound journal, billabong flip flops, bracelets, jewelled pens and more. —  TravelPod.com Recent Updates
  • The land, measuring 10.456 square kilometres, includes a township, four sacred sites, an outstation, a sand quarry, a billabong and a ceremonial site. —  thedaily.com.au: Breaking News
  • He told the tribunal that he had given some away, dumped faulty guns in a billabong while another was stolen. —  National Nine News
  • The environmental health report backs up local council concerns that long-standing problems arising from the annual flooding of its billabong is threatening public health and safety. —  NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
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  1. Wiradhuri (Aboriginal language of southeast Australia) bilabaŋ, watercourse filled only after rain.

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  1. Australian; Wiradhuri (New South Wales) billa, river, + bong, dead: see bung.
 

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/ˈbɪləbɑŋ/
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