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ornament

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Ben-gˆd-ee
English JS Main: 
ornament
English: 
To prevent his escape, a handcuff with a rope attached to it, was fastened around his left wrist, which at first highly delighted him; he called it 'Ben-gˆd-ee' (or ornament), but his delight changed to rage and hatred when he discovered its use.
Category: 
ceremonial
Sub-category: 
ornament
Source: 
Tench
Page: 
141
Line: 
21
Respelt: 
binGa-di
Part of speech: 
noun
Date: 
1793
Meaning Clue: 
banga-lin = ‘Anything that holds fast’: Lang: N.S.W. Vocabulary, c.1840 [8:227] [BB]
Source Details: 
Captain Watkin Tench: A Narrative of the expedition to Botany Bay (1789) and A Complete Account of the Settlement at Port Jackson 1788-1791 (1793): Republished at Sydney’s First Four Years (1961), Library of Australian History
Comment: 
TROY (1990:42) suggests ’bangle’ derivation

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