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单词 mogo
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mogon.

Brit. /ˈməʊɡəʊ/, U.S. /ˈmoʊˌɡoʊ/, Australian English /ˈmoʊɡoʊ/
Inflections: Plural mogos, mogoes, unchanged.
Forms: 1700s– mogo, 1800s maga, 1800s mago, 1800s mogin, 1800s moko, 1900s– moco.
Origin: A borrowing from Dharuk. Etymon: Dharuk mugu.
Etymology: < Dharuk (Sydney region) mugu, or a similar form in a neighbouring language.
Australian. Now historical.
An Australian Aboriginal stone hatchet.
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1798 D. Collins Acct. Eng. Colony New S. Wales I. 586 This is the Mogo, or stone hatchet.
1801 in Hist. Rec. Austral. (1915) 1st Ser. III. 178 From what I observed of trees cut down by the natives, which must have been with a much sharper edged tool than what their stone maga is.
1838 T. L. Mitchell Three Exped. I. 204 I heard..the mogo of a native at work on some tree close by.
1868 W. L. Carleton Austral. Nights 20 One mute memorial, by his bier His mogo, boomerang, and spear.
1876 Forest & Stream 13 July 375/2 With the head of the mogo [they] will crack the bones of animals for marrow.
1963 C. Barrett in B. Wannan Treasury Austral. Frontier Tales 46 He distributed axes or mocoes among the natives.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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