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32: The musk-plant, hyacinth, grass-tree, and kangaroo apple-treeare indigenous. Overlander, n. Anothersuggested derivation is that billy is shortened frombillycan, which is said to be bully-can (sc. widely spread over a large part of Australia.

1014: We're nearly `dead brokers,' as they say out here. Wanderer, `Beauteous Terrorist,' etc. 31: Most names of animals in the Australian dialects refer to theirappearance, and the usual synthesi 107: With most deliciously cooked kumeras, potatoes and peppies [sic].