lubran.
/ˈl(j)uːbrə/, U.S. /ˈlubrə/, /ˈləbrə/, Australian English /ˈluːbrə/ Australian.
1. An Australian Aboriginal woman.
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1847 C. Sturt Narr. Exped. Central Austral. (1849) I. 127 He [sc. an Aboriginal man] placed his lubra and infant child in it [sc.a canoe].
1864 H. Simcox Outward Bound 87 Many lubras so black, with their load on their back.
1881 R. C. Praed Policy & Passion I. 67 We white women are no better off than the lubras.
2. slang. More generally: a woman.
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1966 W. 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.
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