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词汇 honky nut
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Definition of honky nut in English:

honky nut

noun
Australian

  • The hard seed capsule of the marri tree.

    they threw honky nuts at the parrots
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The girls trod gingerly over dry and decayed honky nuts that had fallen from the marri gum.
    • It's a stretch of road lined with honky nut trees.
    • What I think of as a proper honky nut is about the size of the last section of your thumb, and vaguely spiked.
    • We used to collect them by the bucket load at school and have honky nut wars between teams of kids.
    • Did you throw a honky nut, Jimmy?
    • I don't know what the correct name is for these things, but as kids, we called any sort of large nut a "honky nut".
    • We walked around the oval and picked some more honky nuts and pine cones.
    • He balanced a honky-nut on his head.
    • How about climbing trees to chuck honky-nuts at your annoying little brothers?
    • He showed him some of the honky nuts lying near his tree.

Origin

1980s: of unknown origin.
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