Definition of "corroboree" []

• An Australian Aboriginal dance festival held at night to celebrate tribal victories or other events. (noun)
• Australian A large, noisy celebration. (noun)
• Australian A great tumult; a disturbance. (noun)

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• "The word corroboree is applied equally to the dance, the whole festival, or the actual chant which accompanies the dancing."
• "Some old clothes were then put on some of the men and women, and the affair ended in several of our party and several of the black fellows having an impromptu "corroboree," to the intense delight of the natives, and I must say, very much to our amusement."
• ""corroboree," where graceful thanks were returned by the Opposition candidate, who was overloaded with offerings of blue and white violets and narcissi, and amid great enthusiasm dragged in a buggy to the railway station."