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noun
A period, often extended, during which an Aboriginal person left a station or settlement to travel on country, typically seasonally or for traditional cultural reasons; a journey by foot taken by an Aboriginal as a temporary withdrawal from white society.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia
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noun
A walking trip.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A public stroll by some celebrity to meet a group of people informally.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
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noun
An absence, usually from a regular place with a possibility of a return.
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noun
nomadic excursions into the bush made by an Aborigine
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: walk
noun
a public stroll by a celebrity to meet people informally
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: amble, promenade, saunter, stroll, perambulation
noun
a walking trip or tour
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: tour, circuit
History
Deverbal from walk about, originally in Australian Pidgin English; the Australian aboriginal word wokabat is derived from this term.
Across languages
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