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- noun Plural form of
bushwoman .
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Examples
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The crest is heightened by padding, and the whole of the hair is devoted to magnifying it, — at a distance, some of the bushwomen look as if they wore cocked hats.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003
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The bushwomen and the salt-water women do the bartering.
Chapter 15 1913
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The bushwomen and the salt-water women do the bartering.
Chapter 15 1911
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A new chum suggested that Jack had more than he thought aboard and was thrown from his horse; but the new chum was repudiated with scorn and bad words and indignation by bushmen and bushwomen alike -- as indeed he would be by any bushman who had seen a drunken rider ride.
The Rising of the Court Henry Lawson 1894
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The sort that like to carry somebody's baby round, and cut wood, carry water and do little things for overworked married bushwomen.
Children of the Bush Henry Lawson 1894
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The crest is heightened by padding, and the whole of the hair is devoted to magnifying it, -- at a distance, some of the bushwomen look as if they wore cocked hats.
Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 1 Richard Francis Burton 1855
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