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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Bred or reared in the bush.
Examples
“The idea of going out to meet a large lot of unknown cattle had strongly excited us, as would have been the case with every bush-bred lad.”
“And another in the saddle took a bush-bred natives pride, 35”
“English point of view, but to the bush-bred girl it was a revelation.”
“But a plain grey dress has many a charm when the wearer has a figure of native worth and a carriage as free and graceful as that of a bush-bred girl.”
“Haddon, and a few kindred spirits composed this class; and it was sheer lust of life, the wildness of bush-bred boys, that inspired them with their irreverent impishness, although the brethren professed to discover evidence of the direct influence of a personal devil.”
“Starlight let himself be talked to, and didn't say much himself; but I could see even he, that had seen a lot of high life in his time, was pleased enough with the nonsense of a couple of good-looking girls like these -- regular bush-bred fillies as they were -- after being shut up in the Hollow for a month or two.”
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields
“Starlight let himself be talked to, and didn’t say much himself; but I could see even he, that had seen a lot of high life in his time, was pleased enough with the nonsense of a couple of good-looking girls like these — regular bush-bred fillies as they were — after being shut up in the Hollow for a month or two.”
“a large lot of unknown cattle had strongly excited us, as would have been the case with every bush-bred lad.”
Robbery under Arms; a story of life and adventure in the bush and in the Australian goldfields
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