nulla

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A form of nullah — A stream-bed, ravine, or other watercourse; a drain for rain or floodwater.

Less commonScrabble 5

Meanings

nounnulla (plural nullas)

plural nullas

  1. alternativeAlternative form of nullah (“stream-bed, ravine”).
  2. alternativeAlternative form of nulla-nulla (“Australian war club”).
    1 more example

    1894, Ivan Dexter, Talmud: A Strange Narrative of Central Australia, published in serial form in Port Adelaide News and Lefevre's Peninsula Advertiser (SA), Chapter XX, http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks16/1600641.txt I gave a loud cry and was in the act of running towards the centre of the camp when I caught a glimpse of several black figures around me, and the next moment I was knocked senseless by a blow from a nulla or waddy.

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