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larrikin
[ lar-i-kin ]
noun
- a street rowdy; hoodlum.
adjective
- disorderly; rowdy.
larrikin
/ ˈlærɪkɪn /
noun
- a mischievous person
- ( as modifier )
a larrikin bloke
- a hooligan
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Other Words From
- larri·kin·ism noun
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Word History and Origins
Origin of larrikin1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of larrikin1
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Example Sentences
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.
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