"Boomers" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: EN-AU ck1 Boomers.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From boomer, Australian slang for an adult male kangaroo. Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Boomers
  1. The men's national basketball representative team of Australia.
    Sense id: en-Boomers-en-name-RMhL-rxV Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Basketball Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Basketball: 93 7

Noun

Audio: EN-AU ck1 Boomers.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From boomer, Australian slang for an adult male kangaroo. Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} Boomers
  1. plural of Boomer Tags: form-of, plural Form of: Boomer
    Sense id: en-Boomers-en-noun-YqG1ANMb Categories (other): Australian English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sports nicknames Disambiguation of Australian English: 24 76 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 42 58 Disambiguation of Sports nicknames: 31 69
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