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(Australia) A vessel with curved sides, typically of wood or bark, used by Australian Aboriginals for holding water, collecting berries etc..
Yinti was perishing for a drink of water. He fell down on the sand, and put his mouth to the coolamon.
Wiradjuri people in New South Wales also built large dams, and then carried fish and yabbies in coolamons over large distances to stock the new waterholes.
Use coolamon when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Coolamon means (Australia) A vessel with curved sides, typically of wood or bark, used by Australian Aboriginals for holding water, collecting berries etc..
Common synonyms include pitchi.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Yinti was perishing for a drink of water. He fell down on the sand, and put his mouth to the coolamon.
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