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- noun Plural form of
yabby .
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Examples
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New information indicates exotic freshwater lobsters, commonly known as yabbies, could threaten South Africa's environment, senior conservationist of the Free State Department of Agriculture and
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The banks of the pool were slimy grey mud, and the freshwater crayfish called yabbies lived in the mud.
The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977
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I've always gone by the "yabbies" rule and it has never failed me.
Alarming Data: Number Crunching and Gear Mashing BikeSnobNYC 2010
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I also used to amuse myself riding in the Adelaide foothills, sometimes picking wild blackberries (which my mother made into beautiful jam) or catching occasional 'yabbies' (the local wild freshwater lobsters).
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From their account it has a head and neck like an emu, with a long and flowing mane — feeding on crayfish (with which the river abounds) [yabbies] and occasionally on a stray blackfellow; that it inhabits the darkest and deepest parts of the river, and in some of the lakes and lagoons that longest retain water.
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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So if the brakeless riding causes cancer and the tight jeans are squiching their pant yabbies then the fixeraty will eventually become extinct...sounds good.
The Indignity of Bike Month: (What's So Funny 'Bout) Cleats, Love and Understanding? BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Well, that's how I felt when I saw this--the kid was Hincapie, the chain watcher was the special treat, and Paris-Roubaix was the kick in the "pants yabbies."
Nice Assist: Worth its Weight in Milk BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Got it wrong,, however I think the Roo would win the battle by hitting the Hawk in the yabbies.
BSNYC Frizzy Fur Quiz! BikeSnobNYC 2010
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Portlands apparent lack of wonderful female "shirt yabbies" move it right to the bottom of places my bike and I will visit.
BSNYC Road Dairy: Last Stop Portland BikeSnobNYC 2010
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I admit I'm a "bike fanatic," and I also admit the "crossbar" does intimidate me somewhat, but only because it's pointed on the top and it looks like it could really hurt my "pants yabbies."
Instant Icons: Design Run A-Meh BikeSnobNYC 2010
chained_bear commented on the word yabbies
"Having arrived at night I can speak with some authority on the desolate feeling the road produces: the white fire-scarred trunks, the unsettling vision of yabbies moving from one side of the road to the other."
—Peter Carey, Illywhacker, 411
Singular yabby.
April 17, 2009