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‖ lubra|ˈl(j)uːbrə|
[Native Australian.]
a. An aboriginal woman of Australia.
1847C. Sturt Narr. Exped. Central Austral. (1849) I. 127 He [an aboriginal] placed his lubra and infant child in it [a canoe]. 1864Simcox Outward Bound 87 Many lubras so black, with their load on their back. 1881Mrs. C. Praed Policy & P. I. 67 We white women are no better off than the lubras.
b. More generally: a woman. Austral. slang.
1966W. S. Ramson Austral. Eng. 129 Gin and lubra are used of Aboriginal women and occasionally, though only in slang and never as a compliment, of women in general. |