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▪ I. yabby, n. Austral.|ˈjæbɪ|
Also yabbie, yappy.
[Aboriginal.]
a. A small, edible freshwater crayfish found in the eastern part of Australia, esp. one of the genus Charax.
b. A burrowing, prawn-like, littoral crustacean of the order Thalassinidea.
1886F. A. Hagenauer in E. M. Curr Austral. Race III. 554/1 Crayfish—yappy. 1894Argus (Melbourne) 6 Oct. 11/2 Small crayfish, called ‘yabbies’..may be found all over Australia, both in large and small lagoons. 1897Australasian 30 Jan. 224/4 The bait used is ‘yabby’, a small crayfish found in the sand on the beach at low tide. 1930V. Palmer Men are Human vi. 49 The yabbies they had cooked in a treacle-tin down by the lagoon. 1944Living off Land iii. 49 Digging out these burrows will secure yabbies... The yabbie can be toasted. 1963A. Upfield Madman's Bend xvi. 130 Been in the water days, by the look of him. Yabbies been at him too. No blood, but hole's here. 1966Courier-Mail (Brisbane) 1 Oct. 2/6 This tasty fresh water crustacean is more frequently called the Yabby, which immediately brings about a confusion with the much-used marine Yabby. 1973P. White Eye of Storm x. 490 Used to come here after yabbies. I'd like to poke around a bit. 1977Caravan World (Austral.) Jan. 105/1 A restaurant serving fresh, succulent yabbies has opened near the Murray Mouth.
▪ II. ˈyabby, v. Austral.
[f. prec.]
intr. To hunt for yabbies. So ˈyabbying vbl. n.
1934Bulletin (Sydney) 24 Oct. 21/2 Here's a sport for those who..forget their bait when yabbying. 1941K. Tennant Battlers v. 53 He..asked about the boys. ‘They've gone yabbying.’ 1964Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 5 Apr., He participated personally in yabbying forays. |