Phrase guide

Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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noun

Meaning 1

One of the native people of Papua New Guinea who, during the Second World War, helped escort or stretcher wounded Australian soldiers to field hospitals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Australia, informal

Examples

  • 2012, Peter Williams, Kokoda for Dummies, Australian Edition, page 245, Chances are the person to whom you′re speaking is the descendant of an indigenous veteran or Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

First attested in Sapper Bert Beros′s 1942 poem Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, and popularised by the Australian wartime press.