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larrikin

[ lar-i-kin ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

larrikin

/ ˈlærɪkɪn /

First recorded in 1865–70; origin uncertain

C19: from English dialect: a mischievous youth

The belligerent whine was enough to renew the identity of the mangy little larrikin whose couch on the sand he had shared.

He looked quite domestic and almost paternal as he shuffled his broad feet and towered over the little larrikin.

Thus the inevitable informing larrikin, eager to cadge a drink from the tourist on shore leave.

"Nothing like the Australian larrikin when he gets going," you will be told.

I'm as good a man as him, though I'm a larrikin and he's a twopenny lord.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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