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单词 coolamon
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Definition of coolamon in English:

coolamon

noun ˈkuːləmən
Australian

  • An Aboriginal container made of wood or bark, used for holding liquids or goods, or carrying a baby.

    a coolamon of water
    Example sentencesExamples
    • She had decided to follow the walking pad quietly down by Fred's camp to the soakage to get a coolamon of water.
    • She came up to him with the coolamon containing the lily roots she had been collecting.
    • Traditionally, Aboriginal women carried and cared for their babies in a Coolamon.
    • The child will be received into a coolamon that has been used by three generations of one family.
    • Bloodwood is good to make coolamons with.
    • The Coolamon has been carved from the trunk of a tree.
    • He went on to win the prize for the best painted and carved coolamon.
    • We see a young mother with her baby in a coolamon, attended by two older women.
    • My mother, her name was Little Minnie, put me in the coolamon, and carried me round in the coolamon.
    • She let herself drop down next to the clay woman and took the baby out of the coolamon into her arms, rocking it gently.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Kamilaroi (an Aboriginal language) and neighbouring languages gulaman.
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