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wongie
watermelon; watermelon rind: "Let's have a wongie fight!" (nasty rough boys would thereupon spin chunks of watermelon rind at each other.) Also, wongi.
Contributor's comments: This one brings back fond memories of raiding the local market gardens along the Brunswick river, and floating down river with your mates and a heap of wongies. When out of sight we would stuff ourselves on the forbidden fruit, then lie around like dogs that had eaten too much.
Contributor's comments: [Perth informant] We used to pinch wongis when we were kids.