combo
/ˈkɒmbəʊ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.80 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
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A Caucasian man who marries or has a sexual relationship with an Aboriginal woman, or who lives among Aboriginal people and adopts Aboriginal culture.
Australian usage; Derogatory
Example Sentences
- "The jazz combo played nightly at the little restaurant."
- "I need to open the safe but I forgot the combo."
- "I order the low priced combo platter: a taco, a burrito and a chimichanga."
- "As the 1857 to Manchester Piccadilly rolls in, I scan the windows and realise there are plenty of spare seats, so I hop aboard. The train is a '221'+'220' combo to allow for social distancing - a luxury on an XC train as normally you're playing sardines, so I make the most of it."
- "Obviously, this is something not seen very often, with super flashy, combo-driven fighters dominating store shelves everywhere."
- "Tm have several OP combos, i think ecology expert with kelp algea^([sic]) is stronger than fish combo IMO."
Etymology
Clipping of combination + -o.
Word Breakdown
- Suffix: o