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  • noun Plural form of brumby.

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Examples

  • long term brumbies supporter and this is a disgrace. failure of the organisation not of the coach.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • The up side is its good to see that the brumbies are a benevolent lot, obviously feeling sorry for their opposition over the last two week following floggings they allow them to feel better by letting them win.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2011

  • State Environment Minister Kate Jones said six park rangers using high-powered rifles had been trained to shoot the wild horses - known as brumbies - in the heart and head for a swift kill.

    NEWS.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • It seems there are also wild camels, kangaroos and wild horses called brumbies but we didn't see any.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

  • It seems there are also wild camels, kangaroos and wild horses called brumbies but we didn't see any.

    TravelPod.com Recent Updates 2009

  • a mob of "brumbies" had lured us into a "drouth" that even Dan declared was the "dead finish."

    We of the Never-Never Jeannie Gunn 1915

  • March 9th, 2010 at 4:09 pm lol I never really read those but did read the Flicka books, Black Beauty of course and the whole series about the brumbies from Snowy Mountain.

    Ann Aguirre » Blog Archive » Hell Fire Lottery 2010

  • They went dinghy sailing on some inland lakes across the plains or chased brumbies in their utes at up to fifty miles an hour.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • They went dinghy sailing on some inland lakes across the plains or chased brumbies in their utes at up to fifty miles an hour.

    Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

  • A few moments later she could even make out figures — five dun-colored critters that looked like brumbies, one with a rider, nearly invisible against the tall grass — and then she could hear the pounding of their cantering hooves.

    The Warslayer Edghill, Rosemary 2002

  • But some community groups, as well as a dissenting report by senators of the conservative coalition government, maintain that wild horses — known locally as brumbies — have roamed the region for decades and belong there as a part of Australia’s cultural heritage.

    Australia’s feral horses need ‘urgent’ control: scientists welcome latest report Dyani Lewis 2023

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