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Definition of Blackboy
1. Noun. (Australian obsolete possibly offensive) An Aboriginal boy or servant''. ¹
2. Noun. (Australian informal) Any plant in the genus Xanthorrhoea, native to Australia. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blackboy
1. an Australian plant [n -BOYS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackboy
Literary usage of Blackboy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"i blackboy, n. a gras Name applied to all spei the genus ... 92 : " Gas admirably
fitted for d purposes had been extracted f shrub called the ' blackboy. ..."
2. Report of Meeting by ANZAAS, ANZAAS. (1908)
"Supplied with a lithograph of my route plan, they started to run my tracks back,
with the help of a Dieri blackboy. He followed them till they were three ..."
3. Transactions by Ohio State Dental Society, American Ethnological Society, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (1854)
"the Brass Thill at Pontop, and the Main Coal at blackboy in the Auckland district.
The Bensham Seam of the Cramlington district, is known as the Maudlin at ..."
4. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1880)
"... and speculating as to the whereabouts of the other expedition, when Stone's
blackboy, who had been gazing fixedly in the distance for some time, ..."
5. Travels in Western Australia: Being a Description of the Various Cities and by May Vivienne (1901)
"The blackboy and red gum trees grew more thickly than in any place I have ...
The blackboy is a most peculiar-looking grass tree, with a rough thick stem ..."
6. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society. (1873)
"On the 13th August I proceeded up the river, accompanied by Mr. Warner and my
blackboy, when we ascended it for 30 miles, entirely over a slate- formation. ..."
7. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"i blackboy, n. a gras Name applied to all spei the genus ... 92 : " Gas admirably
fitted for d purposes had been extracted f shrub called the ' blackboy. ..."
8. Report of Meeting by ANZAAS, ANZAAS. (1908)
"Supplied with a lithograph of my route plan, they started to run my tracks back,
with the help of a Dieri blackboy. He followed them till they were three ..."
9. Transactions by Ohio State Dental Society, American Ethnological Society, North of England Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers (1854)
"the Brass Thill at Pontop, and the Main Coal at blackboy in the Auckland district.
The Bensham Seam of the Cramlington district, is known as the Maudlin at ..."
10. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1880)
"... and speculating as to the whereabouts of the other expedition, when Stone's
blackboy, who had been gazing fixedly in the distance for some time, ..."
11. Travels in Western Australia: Being a Description of the Various Cities and by May Vivienne (1901)
"The blackboy and red gum trees grew more thickly than in any place I have ...
The blackboy is a most peculiar-looking grass tree, with a rough thick stem ..."
12. Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society. (1873)
"On the 13th August I proceeded up the river, accompanied by Mr. Warner and my
blackboy, when we ascended it for 30 miles, entirely over a slate- formation. ..."
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