Jump to content

wommera

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

English

[edit]

Noun

[edit]

wommera (plural wommeras)

  1. Alternative form of woomera.
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 184:
      Scotchman carried a bundle of spears and his wommera, and stalked along in a very impertinent and defiant manner.
    • 1937, Ion L. Idriess, Over the Range, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, published 1947, page 77:
      When Davey grasped spears and wommera it was impossible to recognize in this painted savage the alert, nattily dressed tracker.