Example Sentences

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They exhibit, Margolyes says, the distinctly Australian trait of larrikinism.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2022

Dr Richards says: "Part of Australian larrikinism is about self-deprecation - but more importantly punching down. Lilley's characters increasingly have a bullying element, which differentiates his satire from other current Australian comedy."

From BBC • May 30, 2019

Grannie frequently showed marked displeasure regarding what she termed my larrikinism, but never before had I seen her so thoroughly angry.

From My Brilliant Career by Franklin, Miles

Outbreaks of larrikinism are not always harmless ebullitions of animal spirits.

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis

On the prevalence of larrikinism I wrote at length in a former epistle.

From Town Life in Australia by Twopeny, Richard Ernest Nowell