shicer

[shahy-ser]

noun Australian.

Origin of shicer

1850–55; < German Scheisser, equivalent to scheiss(en) to shit + -er -er¹

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A 'shicer' is first a mining claim which turns out to be useless, and then anything that does so.
Town Life in Australia
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