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bushrange en · VERB

Etymology

Back-formation from bushranger.

Meanings

  1. (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

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bushranges Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
bushranging Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bushranged Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
bushranged Tense=Past lexicographic