bushrange en · VERB
Etymology
Back-formation from bushranger.
Meanings
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(Australia, historical) To practise bushranging; to be a bushranger.
Monte related to Johnnie Gilbert (even if he as a flash cove) because he chose to bushrange and never blamed anybody for driving him to it.
1982, Paul Radley, My Blue-Checker Corker and Me, Sydney: Fontana/Collins, page 37:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| bushranges | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| bushranging | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bushranged | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| bushranged | Tense=Past | lexicographic |