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Definition of gina-gina in English: gina-ginanoun ˈdʒɪnədʒɪnə Australian A kind of dress worn by Aboriginal women in some areas of Western Australia. their gina-ginas were red with road dust Example sentencesExamples - They scrub, polish, and make gina-ginas for themselves.
- They were slight, straight figures in dungaree gina-ginas.
- The gina-ginas are no more than scraps of faded blue cotton stuff on their meagre bodies.
- A gina-gina almost black with dust and grease, showed her bony legs and feet.
- The women tied grass and leaves from a string round their waists, before there were gina-ginas.
- They get tea and sugar and tobacco, a cake of soap and a couple of gina-ginas a year.
- You have a good wash and I'll find you a gina-gina.
- A dark woman strolls by in a bright gina-gina.
- Thin, bony fingers grabbed at and scratched their legs, tore their gina-ginas.
- Full of laughter, they are wearing bright gina-ginas.
Origin Early 20th century: probably from the Mantjiltjara dialect of Western Desert language. |