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bad

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
We-ree, We-ree
English JS Main: 
bad
English: 
He therefore cried out to the man, We-ree, We-ree, (bad; you are doing wrong) displaying at the same time, every token of amity and confidence.
Category: 
abstract
Source: 
Tench
Page: 
180
Line: 
2
Respelt: 
wiri wiri
Part of speech: 
noun adjective
Date: 
1793
Meaning Clue: 
"We-ree, We-ree" wiri = "...bad; you are doing wrong..." bad: Tench [180:2] [BB]
Source Details: 
Captain Watkin Tench: A Narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay (1789) and A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson 1788-1791 (1793): Republished at Sydney’s First Four Years (1961), Library of Australian History

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