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As nouns the difference between terms and blackboy

is that terms is while blackboy is an aboriginal boy or servant''.

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Noun

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    blackboy

    English

    (wikipedia blackboy) (Xanthorrhoea) (Xanthorrhoea)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An Aboriginal boy or servant''.
  • * 1898 , Guy Boothby, Billy Binks—Hero'', republished in Ken Gelder, Rachael Weaver, ''The Anthology of Colonial Australian Adventure Fiction , page 118,
    • 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.
  • * 1906 , South Australian Geology Department, Henry Yorke Lyell Brown, Robert Etheridge, Reports (geological and general) resulting from the explorations made by the government geologist and staff during 1905 , page 36,
    • September 30th, 1905 .—Examined some hills in the locality. A Chinaman and some blackboys are camped here with some cattle belonging to the Mount Diamond butcher.
  • * 1930 , Mary Montgomerie Bennett, The Australian Aboriginal as a Human Being , page 49,
    • His tracks joined a cattle pad, and the blackboys followed them at speed, two riding on each side of the path.
  • (Australian, informal) Any plant in the genus Xanthorrhoea , native to Australia.
  • * 1946 , , Volume 13, page 49,
    • As with many things, the pioneers followed the natives in the use of the Blackboy . They also found that the gum possessed some property that will cure dysentery and other internal complaints. The gum was also used for dyeing, tanning and varnishing.
  • * 1966 November 8, (Parliament of Western Australia), Parliamentary Debates , page 2181,
    • The gum from the blackboy trees was used for the making of varnish and stain,
  • * 1977 , Royal Society of Western Australia, Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia , Volumes 60-61, page 5,
    • As with any fire, blackboys and sedges were the first to grow, little else appearing before the first rains, which were followed by a flush of herbaceous shoots.

    Synonyms

    * (Xanthorrhoea plant) balga , grasstree/grass tree, yakka (yacca/yacka) (South Australia)