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English
Etymology
From Dharug garabara.
Pronunciation
Noun
corroboree (plural corroborees)
- A nocturnal dance held by Australian Aborigines, for social, celebratory or warlike purposes.
1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 2005, page 231:A hundred yards or so away the throaty beat of a didgeridoo drifted down from some ancient corroboree, a splendid accompaniment to the music of the night
- A song or chant made for such a festivity.
1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter IV, in Capricornia, page 52:He reached home, and lived long enough to hear the natives wailing in a Death Corroboree over his late comrade.
- Any noisy, late-night gathering or disturbance.
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