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or ab·o (ăb'ō) pronunciation

n. Offensive Slang, pl., -os, or -os.
Used as a disparaging term for an Australian Aborigine.

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adjective and noun
/'æbəυ/ Also abo /'æbəυ/
Also abo
adjective and noun, Austral, now mainly derog

(An) Aboriginal. (1908 —) .
Bulletin (Sydney): The idea of better housing for the abos (1933).

[Shortened from aboriginal.]

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