bushie

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Etymology

From bush +‎ -ie.

Pronunciation

Noun

bushie (plural bushies)

  1. (Australia, colloquial) Someone who lives in or is familiar with the Australian outback; a bushman or bushwoman.
    • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 184:
      I bought the king parrot from an old bushie in a pub in Exhibition Street.
    • 1998, David Malouf, A First Place, Vintage, published 2015, page 179:
      Timber was a sign of poverty, of our poor-white condition and backwardness: it made ‘bushies’ of us.