1896. `Nineteenth Century' (Nov.), p. 711:
"To the 80,000,000 Westralian mining shares now in existence the Stock Exchange has long since conceded a special `market'; and it has even conferred upon these stocks a nickname—the surest indication of importance and popularity. And that `Kangaroos,' as they were fondly called, could boast of importance and popularity nobody would dare to gainsay."
(4) A kind of chair, apparently from the shape.
1834. Miss Edgeworth, `Helen,' c. xvi. (`Century'):
"It was neither a lounger nor a dormeuse, nor a Cooper, nor a Nelson, nor a Kangaroo: a chair without a name would never do; in all things fashionable a name is more than half. Such a happy name as Kangaroo Lady Cecilia despaired of finding."
<hw>Kangarooade</hw>, <i>n</i>. a Kangaroo hunt; nonce word. See quotation.
1863. M. K. Beveridge, `Gatherings among the Gum Trees,' p. 86:
"The Kangarooade—in three Spirts."
[Title of a poem.]
<hw>Kangaroo-Apple</hw>, <i>n</i>. an Australian and Tasmanian fruit, <i>Solanum aviculare</i>, Forst., <i>N.O. Solanaceae</i>. The name is also applied to <i>S. vescum</i>, called the <i>Gunyang</i> (q.v.). In New Zealand, the fruit is called <i>Poroporo</i> (q.v.).
1834. Ross, `Van Diemen's Land Annual, p. 133: