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单词 gina-gina
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Definition of gina-gina in English:

gina-gina

noun ˈdʒɪnədʒɪnə
Australian

  • A kind of dress worn by Aboriginal women in some areas of Western Australia.

    their gina-ginas were red with road dust
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They scrub, polish, and make gina-ginas for themselves.
    • They were slight, straight figures in dungaree gina-ginas.
    • The gina-ginas are no more than scraps of faded blue cotton stuff on their meagre bodies.
    • A gina-gina almost black with dust and grease, showed her bony legs and feet.
    • The women tied grass and leaves from a string round their waists, before there were gina-ginas.
    • They get tea and sugar and tobacco, a cake of soap and a couple of gina-ginas a year.
    • You have a good wash and I'll find you a gina-gina.
    • A dark woman strolls by in a bright gina-gina.
    • Thin, bony fingers grabbed at and scratched their legs, tore their gina-ginas.
    • Full of laughter, they are wearing bright gina-ginas.

Origin

Early 20th century: probably from the Mantjiltjara dialect of Western Desert language.
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