corrobory

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A form of corroboree — A nocturnal dance held by Aboriginal Australians, for social, celebratory or warlike purposes.

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Meanings

nouncorrobory (plural corrobories)

plural corrobories

  1. alternativeAlternative form of corroboree.

    And he rattled, thumped, brandished his thunderbox, yelled, shouted, raved, roared, stamped, and danced corrobory like any black fellow; and then he touched a spring in the thunderbox, and out popped turnip-ghosts and magic-lanthorns and pasteboard bogies and spring-heeled Jacks and sallaballas […]

    1863, Charles Kingsley, The Water Babies: A Fairy Tale for a Land Baby
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APA

corrobory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corrobory

MLA

“corrobory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corrobory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corrobory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corrobory.

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