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two big women

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Bul-la Mur-ee Dee-in
English JS Main: 
two big women
English: 
ÒWhich of them is your old favourite, Bar-an-gar-oo, of whom you used to speak so often?Ó Ñ ÒOh,Ó said he, Òshe is become the wife of Colbee! but I have got Bul-la Mur-ee Dee-in [two large women] to compensate for her loss.Ó
Source: 
Tench
Page: 
177
Line: 
17
Respelt: 
bula mari dyin
Part of speech: 
phrase 3
Date: 
1793
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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