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  • noun Plural form of bushman.

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Examples

  • The "bushmen" -- as the men who have bought twenty-acre sections and settled in the bush are called -- had scattered English grass-seed all over the rich leafy mould, and the ground was covered with bright green grass, kept short and thick by a few tame goats browsing about.

    Station Life in New Zealand 1871

  • McTavish and his bushmen are the only fellows who can negotiate the runs, and three of his men were lost that way the last time.

    THE JOKERS OF NEW GIBBON 2010

  • The court on Wednesday said that the Basarwa, often known as bushmen, were wrongly forced off the land in 2002.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • McTavish and his bushmen are the only fellows who can negotiate the runs, and three of his men were lost that way the last time.

    The Jokers of New Gibbon 1912

  • Regular Exercise, eating healthily, no drugs, no alcohol, no smoking, no stress related to work or family, the folks who get this right are called bushmen, and they live in the Kalahari desert ... banning smoking in SA is like taking 1 bullet out of gun 's magazine.

    unknown title 2009

  • Regular Exercise, eating healthily, no drugs, no alcohol, no smoking, no stress related to work or family, the folks who get this right are called bushmen, and they live in the Kalahari desert ... banning smoking in SA is like taking 1 bullet out of gun 's magazine.

    unknown title 2009

  • Regular Exercise, eating healthily, no drugs, no alcohol, no smoking, no stress related to work or family, the folks who get this right are called bushmen, and they live in the Kalahari desert ... banning smoking in SA is like taking 1 bullet out of gun 's magazine.

    unknown title 2009

  • Regular Exercise, eating healthily, no drugs, no alcohol, no smoking, no stress related to work or family, the folks who get this right are called bushmen, and they live in the Kalahari desert ... banning smoking in SA is like taking 1 bullet out of gun 's magazine.

    unknown title 2009

  • Regular Exercise, eating healthily, no drugs, no alcohol, no smoking, no stress related to work or family, the folks who get this right are called bushmen, and they live in the Kalahari desert ... banning smoking in SA is like taking 1 bullet out of gun 's magazine.

    unknown title 2009

  • Regular Exercise, eating healthily, no drugs, no alcohol, no smoking, no stress related to work or family, the folks who get this right are called bushmen, and they live in the Kalahari desert ... banning smoking in SA is like taking 1 bullet out of gun 's magazine.

    unknown title 2009

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