lubra

American

[loo-bruh] / ˈlu brə /

noun

Australian: Offensive.

an Aboriginal girl or woman.

lubra British

/ ˈluːbrə /

noun

an Aboriginal woman

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Etymology

Origin of lubra

First recorded in 1840–50; probably from Aboriginal language of southeastern Tasmania lubərə

Example Sentences

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Cf. itfaide toile, LL. 344c36. labor talkative 248; bat l. fri labra, bat tó fri tó, LL. 346a12. lán the full-tide 237. laxa f. inertness 212. lén sloth 243; tossach lubra lén, LL. 345b33. lethiu broader, wider 235. lia m. a stone, dat. liic 147. litánacht f. singing the litany, 14. lobra = lomrad a stripping 218; gen. lomartha, ib. luaithrind a pair of compasses, gen. lúd -e 118; fo chosmailius luaithrinde, Corm.

From Project Gutenberg

Next morning I became ill, with violent pains and headache, which incapacitated me for some days, during which time a lubra named Moira sat beside me, apparently anxious to do what lay in her power to ease my sufferings.

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But the lubra was loath to receive it.

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So, pointing to them, he asked what was in the fire, and the blackfellow replied with one word "lubra."

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A short way on further I met, or rather overtook, another lubra with two children; she tried at first to conceal herself but when she saw that she was observed she immediately set to work to burn the grass round us in all directions.

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