Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The name given in Australia to certain longicorn larvæ dug out of the roots of shrubs, or out of fallen trees, and roasted and eaten by the natives.
Examples
“Isn't it all witchetty grubs and kangaroo testicles?”
“I'm still mourning the no-show of confessional journalist Liz Jones, as I was looking forward to a vegan at a bushtucker trial, telling them where to shove their witchetty grubs.”
The Guardian: Health and safety rules should have a get-out clause | Barbara Ellen
“They should buzz if they want to speak.4 Introduce I'm A Celebrity-style bushtucker challengesThe finalists should have to eat witchetty grubs while they're waiting to sing.”
“I'm a great believer in trying things, so I've eaten witchetty grubs, a mountain frog, ostrich and alligator.”
The Guardian: Monty Don: 'I often eat cakes while my fingers are caked in soil'
“As a child, Latz remembers collecting, with his Aboriginal friends, about twenty-five witchetty grubs from one tree in an hour or so of leisurely work, locating their boreholes and fishing them out with the hooked wiry stem of the curly windmill grass.”
“Why don't you think about eating a nice skewer of roasted witchetty grubs?”
“The culinary genius forced down crocodile penis, a witchetty grub, which he likened to eating an oyster and two crocodile eyes.”
“But have no fear, I'll watch it on your behalf and let you know who's eating the witchetty grubs al dente and the kangaroo testicles au naturel.”
“If anyone is living up to my mad poetic manifesto, it's Anna with her posts on quince's bottoms and witchetty grubs, bletted medlars and flatheads.”
“Sure some of us have eaten witchetty grubs have you?”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘witchetty’.
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bilby's Words
pandemic, whirl, guffaw, ethereal, feisty, dunt, ephemeral, pule, flipergebet, prink, maunder, gammon and 1023 more...
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amber words
amber words is the term I use for words that are all but fossilized, in the sense that their use is always in the context of a single expression. Examples include caboodle, dudgeon, umbrage
sanctum, akimbo, amok, riddance, druthers, trove, caboodle, immemorial, blithering, dudgeon, swaddling, askance and 110 more...
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Are we there yet?
These have some growing up to do.
colt, foal, kitten, cub, pup, heifer, larva, imago, veliger, trochophore, grub, maggot and 178 more...
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dontcry Good boy! Jun 24, 2008
bilby Found a witchetty grub in the compost in my garden on Saturday. Didn't eat it. Jun 24, 2008
bilby Also the witchetty bush, Acacia kempeana. Jun 24, 2008
mollusque Grub. Jun 24, 2008