munjonn.
/ˈmʌndʒən/, U.S. /ˈməndʒən/, Australian English /ˈmʌndʒən/ Australian slang (frequently derogatory).
An Australian Aboriginal person who has little experience of white society and its customs. Sometimes also: an Aboriginal person brought up in white society and therefore unfamiliar with the traditional Aboriginal way of life. Cf. new chum at chum n.1 b and myall n.1
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1945 S. J. Baker Austral. Lang. 224 To go combo and comboing are heard frequently in all northern parts of Australia. So is munjong, new chum.
1955 F. Lane Patrol to Kimberleys 13 Once in a while the munjons—they're the wild blacks who live in the bush—will raid a station to get themselves new lubras.
1964 H. M. Barker Camels & Outback 112 I saw a young native man on his knees drinking from the sheep trough. That showed he was a myall, or ‘munjon’ as they say in the west; a more civilized black would have gone to the tank and drawn clean, cool water.
1975 R. Beilby Brown Land Crying iv. 107 Ya a bit of a newchum aint'cha? What we call a murndong.
1984 W. W. Ammon et al. Working Lives 42 There was nearly always work at the dead-end job of fencing..waiting for the mugs, the munjongs and the new chums.
1995 Toronto Star (Nexis) 16 Jan. e5 Australia's aborigines..are the subject of Munjong, the second of 10 dramas from Australia airing on..Monday Night Playhouse. In Munjong, a scallywag aborigine is savaged by a prejudiced policeman; [etc.].
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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