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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

Weird Word Wednesday

emu-bob
VERB

Australian
Carry out a detailed search of an area.
‘the men form a line and emu-bob through the waist-high scrub’
with object ‘after emu-bobbing the surroundings for potential clues, they return along the track’
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Origin
Early 20th century: with allusion to the movements of an emu bending its neck towards the ground in search of food.

Kelley Heckart
Otherworldly tales steeped in myth, magic & romance.



1 comment:

Wondermilk said...

Great reaad