pretty-faces

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

a fancy name for a smallkangaroo. Not very common.

1887. W. S. S.Tyrwhitt, `The New Chum in the QueenslandBush,' p. 145:

«Kangaroos are of several different kinds. First, the largebrown variety, known as kangaroo proper; next the smaller kind,known as pretty faces or whip tails, which are rather smallerand of a grey colour, with black and white on the face.»

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