(Australia, uncommon) Any activity which involves repetitive bending down over a wide area, such as searching for clues relating to somebody's disappearance.
(Australia, uncommon) Any activity which involves repetitive bending down over a wide area, such as searching for clues relating to somebody's disappearance.
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(British, historical) The practice of children undertaking to do small jobs around the home, originally for a charge of one shilling, traditionally offered by boy scouts during a designated week of the year.
(UK, slang, dated) A schoolboy who does not take part in sports.
(vulgar, Northern England, slang) Something that is rubbish, useless, nonsense.
(Australia, historical, slang) An Australian soldier serving in World War I, especially a volunteer.
(Australia) A task assigned to a group of people, especially schoolchildren or army recruits, where they move around an area and pick up rubbish from the ground.
"emu bob" means: A task assigned to a group of people, especially schoolchildren or army recruits, where they move around an area and pick up rubbish from th.... This is a fairly neutral word with no inherent risk attached. There is no real cause for parental concern; it is descriptive vocabulary rather than something dangerous. If your child uses it, context will usually make the meaning clear. A brief, curious question about where they heard it is generally enough to know whether to follow up.
"emu bob" means: A task assigned to a group of people, especially schoolchildren or army recruits, where they move around an area and pick up rubbish from th.... Register: neutral, standard English, usable in most everyday contexts. A common non-native mistake is to use the word in the wrong register, or to assume one fixed meaning when it is actually polysemous; always check the surrounding register and the audience before producing it yourself. In formal writing, prefer a neutral synonym or a short descriptive phrase, and use this word only when you have heard or read it being used naturally in a comparable context.
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