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nounwalkabout disease (uncountable)
- uncountableSynonym of Kimberley horse disease.
‘Then we have trouble sometimes with the stock-horses; they’re liable to die of ‘walk-about’ disease - eat some weed, and walk and walk until they die.’
1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 43Synonyms: Kimberley horse disease
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nounSynonym of Kimberley horse disease.
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