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roo bar
the heavy metal protection on the front of a car; often seen on 4WDs used in the country; known in other areas as 'bull bars.': "Just as well we had the roo bar, otherwise Merle would have copped a pretty angry Red through the windscreen," Joe remarked about his wife's good fortune after hitting a kangaroo on the otherwise empty road to Kalgoorlie. Compare bull bar.
Contributor's comments: In the early 1970s, I had a Holden Ute and had a roo bar designed by the local welder - you couldn't buy them off-the shelf. My students use both roo and bull bar.
Contributor's comments: We used to use this term in country western australia too when I was living out near Ravensthorpe and Esperance.
Contributor's comments: I lived in Broken Hill from 1965 to 1970 after which my family moved to Orange. Until then I had never heard a roo-bar called any thing else. It took quite a few years before I learnt to call it a bull-bar. I am really suprised to see here that it is a WA term.