Definitions for humpies

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humpies hum·py

Spelling: [huhm-pee]

IPA: /ˈhʌm pi/

Humpies is a 7 letter English word.

You can make 162 anagrams from letters in humpies (ehimpsu).

Definitions for humpies

noun

1. any crude Aborigine hut or shelter, especially a shanty built at the edge of a town.
2. humpback salmon.
3. a pink salmon inhabiting North Pacific waters: so-called because of the hump that appears behind the head of the male when it is ready for spawning.

Origin of humpies

1840-50; Tharapal (Australian Aboriginal language spoken between Moreton Bay and Wide Bay, S Queensland), recorded as umpī (h intrusive)

Examples for humpies

The blacks had already set fire to the houses and humpies, and Barker's Creek was in flames.

The shanties in which the men lived and the humpies of the blacks were not visible until the visitor was close on to the spot.

Townsville is simply a collection of humpies and shanties built upon an ill-smelling mud bank.

Besides these there are several nomadic dwellings, such as tents, bush humpies, and drays.