"fulla" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fullas [plural]
Etymology: Corruption of fellow, 1970s. Etymology templates: {{glossary|corruption|Corruption}} Corruption, {{m|en|fellow}} fellow Head templates: {{en-noun}} fulla (plural fullas)
  1. (Australia, New Zealand) Man, especially one of indigenous descent. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand Synonyms: fellow Derived forms: blackfulla
    Sense id: en-fulla-en-noun-imcenCL1 Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Preposition

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositions|head=}} fulla, {{en-prep}} fulla
  1. (informal) Full of. Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-fulla-en-prep-jJmjnQEr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English prepositions Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 36 64 Disambiguation of English prepositions: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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        {
          "ref": "2012, Gayle Kennedy, Me, Antman and Fleabag",
          "text": "While we was wanderin round the stalls tryin, in vain it turns out, ta find a food stall that sold tucker with meat in it, we came across a stall sellin didjeridoos, or yidakis as the fulla sellin em liked to call em.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Patricia Grace, The Dream Sleepers",
          "text": "Pick me up later young fulla, ten past five.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2018, Ngaio Marsh, Stella Duffy, Money in the Morgue, page 242",
          "text": "'Too many of our own fullas like that as well,' Brayling said darkly.",
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          "ref": "2011, Donald E Westlake, Why Me?",
          "text": "Both parts, fulla shit.”",
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          "ref": "2012, C.G. Gardiner, Melting Pot Blues, page 45",
          "text": "He's fulla . . . fulla crap.",
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          "ref": "2014, Ray Garton, Trailer Park Noir",
          "text": "Ted's always fulla good stories.",
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        "(informal) Full of."
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          "ref": "2012, Gayle Kennedy, Me, Antman and Fleabag",
          "text": "While we was wanderin round the stalls tryin, in vain it turns out, ta find a food stall that sold tucker with meat in it, we came across a stall sellin didjeridoos, or yidakis as the fulla sellin em liked to call em.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "2013, Patricia Grace, The Dream Sleepers",
          "text": "Pick me up later young fulla, ten past five.",
          "type": "quotation"
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        {
          "ref": "2018, Ngaio Marsh, Stella Duffy, Money in the Morgue, page 242",
          "text": "'Too many of our own fullas like that as well,' Brayling said darkly.",
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          "ref": "2012, C.G. Gardiner, Melting Pot Blues, page 45",
          "text": "He's fulla . . . fulla crap.",
          "type": "quotation"
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          "ref": "2014, Ray Garton, Trailer Park Noir",
          "text": "Ted's always fulla good stories.",
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