Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel

English Fuzzy wuzzy angels Etymology First attested in Sapper Bert Beros′s 1942 poem Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels, and popularised by the Australian wartime press. Pronunciation en EN-AU ck1 Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel.ogg AU Noun Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel en Australia informal One of the native people of Papua New Guinea who, during the Second World War, helped escort or stretcher wounded Australian soldiers to field hospitals. From 1942. en 2002 w:Don Watson Recollections of a Bleeding Heart: A Portrait of Paul Keating PM 251 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=EbdyAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Fuzzy+Wuzzy+Angel%22%7C%22Fuzzy+Wuzzy+Angels%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22Fuzzy+Wuzzy+Angel%22%7C%22Fuzzy+Wuzzy+Angels%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PaFZT_ixOKydmQX5h82oDA&redir_esc=y Yet the statue is drawn from one of the most famous of all Australian images: the photograph from World War II of a blind, wounded soldier being guided down a jungle track by a Papuan carrier, a ‘fuzzy wuzzy angel’. en 2008 w:Australian House of Representatives Parliamentary Debates Australia: House of Representatives 135 6150 http://books.google.com.au/books?id=P5QqAQAAIAAJ&q=%22Fuzzy+Wuzzy+Angel%22%7C%22Fuzzy+Wuzzy+Angels%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&dq=%22Fuzzy+Wuzzy+Angel%22%7C%22Fuzzy+Wuzzy+Angels%22+-intitle:%22%22+-inauthor:%22%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=aVtZT--bH6OiiAf9lbSXDQ&redir_esc=y I want to commend the motion passed this week because it calls for the immediate determination of a new award and medal to be presented to the fuzzy wuzzy angels, who carried stretchers, stores and wounded diggers directly on their shoulders over some of the toughest terrain in the world. 2012, Peter Williams, Kokoda for Dummies, Australian Edition, page 245, Chances are the person to whom you′re speaking is the descendant of an indigenous veteran or Fuzzy Wuzzy Angel. Usage notes Most common in the plural. en reduplications en World War II