wommera

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A form of woomera — A traditional spearthrower, consisting of a stick with a hooked end, used by First Nations Australians.

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Meanings

nounwommera (plural wommeras)

plural wommeras

  1. alternativeAlternative form of woomera.

    Scotchman carried a bundle of spears and his wommera, and stalked along in a very impertinent and defiant manner.

    1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 184
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    When Davey grasped spears and wommera it was impossible to recognize in this painted savage the alert, nattily dressed tracker.

    1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 77
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