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walkabout Definition


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walkabout
noun
    1. A casual stroll through a crowd of ordinary people by a celebrity, especially a member of the royal family or a politician, etc.
    (Austral)
    2. A walk alone in the bush by an Australian Aboriginal.
Idiom: go walkabout
    (ustral)
    To walk alone in the bush.
    To become lost or mislaid.
Etymology: Early 20c.



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