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stinkhonk

Language: 
Biyal Biyal
Australian: 
Go-nin-Pat-ta
English JS Main: 
stinkhonk
English: 
Their general favourite term of reproach is Go-nin-Pat-ta, which signifies, an eater of human excrement. [[TENCH FOOTNOTE]]
Category: 
human classification
Sub-category: 
pejorative
Source: 
Tench
Page: 
227
Line: 
37
Respelt: 
gunin bada
Part of speech: 
phrase 2
Date: 
1793
Meaning Clue: 
"Go-nin-Pat-ta" gunin bada = "... eater of human excrement. [[TENCH FOOTNOTE]]" stinkhonk [shit-eat]: Tench [:227:37] [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: 
term of abuse

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