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What is a bunyip?

What is a bunyip? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (Australia) A mythical Australian monster, said to inhabit swamps and lagoons.
  2. (Australia, slang, obsolete) An imposter or con-man.
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His unsuccessful plea for an upper house based on a hereditary colonial peerage was mocked as a bunyip aristocracy.
So many things to get a bunyip upset, so little time to fulminate about them.
It is the study of such creatures as the Australian bunyip, Bigfoot, the chupacabra, and the Loch Ness monster.
Stan Gudgeon has trained his beady, jaundiced bunyip eye on leftie econo-blogger John Quiggin.
Monday's honours list included one cringeworthy addition to the bunyip aristocracy of knights and dames.
The bunyip lives in creeks, swamps, and billabongs and has a loud, bellowing cry.

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