drop bear

Pronunciation




Noun

 * 1)  A fictional Australian marsupial in the form of a large, carnivorous koala said to fall upon its prey from treetops.
 * 2) * 1995,, The Third Day, the Frost (TCPA Tomorrow Series; 3), Sydney: Pan Macmillan, ISBN 978-0-7329-0818-8 ; republished as A Killing Frost, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers, 1999, ISBN 978-0-440-22832-5 , page 15:
 * You don't know what drop bears are? Fair dink, don't they teach you blokes anything? Fancy sending a bloke to a place like this and not telling him about drop bears.
 * 1) * 1998,,  (22), London: Doubleday, ISBN 978-0-385-40989-6 ; republished London: Corgi, 2013, ISBN 978-0-552-16760-4 , page 219:
 * ‘Drop-bears? Who’s been feedin’ you a line about drop-bears?’ / ‘What do you mean?’ / ‘There’s no such thing as drop-bears! Someone must’ve seen you coming, mate!’