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pinkeye
We have found lemma(root) word of pinkeye : pink eye.
Definitions
[ˈpɪŋk ʌɪ], (Noun)
Definitions:
- conjunctivitis in humans and some livestock
- a viral disease of horses, symptoms of which include fever, abortion, and redness of the eyes
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[], (Noun)
Definitions:
- a journey undertaken by an Australian Aboriginal person in order to withdraw temporarily from white society and return to a more traditional lifestyle
(e.g: they had quit their station jobs, and had gone on a hunting walkabout and a pink eye)
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Origin
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late 19th century (in pinkeyeing (adjective) ‘taking part in a holiday or walkabout’): from Aboriginal pinkayi, from pinka ‘hunting’, with assimilation to pink and eye by folk etymology
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