blackboy
(Australian, informal) Any plant in the genus , native to Australia.
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(Australian, informal) Any plant in the genus , native to Australia.
: A moment later he beckoned the blackboy to his side, and when he arrived pointed to the ground. The boy gesticulated in answer, and then both pulled their horses to a standstill and waited for me to come up.
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(Australian, obsolete, possibly, _, offensive) An Aboriginal boy or servant.
1898, Guy Boothby, Billy Binks—Hero, republished in Ken Gelder, Rachael Weaver, The Anthology of Colonial Australian Adventure Fiction, [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=qpkJmCecoVkC&pg=PA118&dq=%22blackboy%22|%22blackboys%22+-intitle…
“This green building at the top of Blackboy Hill is a Victorian urinal (aka pissoir). At one point many such conveniences could be found across the city. Made in the 1880s by Glasgow ironmongers Macfarlane’s it was awarded a grade II listing by English Heritage in 2014.”
— Bluesky· May 2026
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