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coolamon

[ koo-luh-mon, -muhn ]

noun

  1. a basinlike dish made from wood or bark by Aboriginal inhabitants of Australia.


coolamon

/ ˈkuːləmɒn /

noun

  1. a shallow dish of wood or bark, used for carrying water
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of coolamon1

First recorded in 1840–50, coolamon is from the Kamilaroi word gulaman
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Word History and Origins

Origin of coolamon1

C19: from a native Australian language
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Example Sentences

When the siblings returned to their mother’s homeland as teenagers, their extended family gave Garstone’s aunt, Anne Rivers, a coolamon, a type of shallow dish, decorated with two bottle trees, or boabs.

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