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shicer

[ shahy-ser ]
/ ˈʃaɪ sər /
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noun Australian.
Slang. a swindler.
any unscrupulous person.
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Origin of shicer

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

Words nearby shicer

Shiʿah, shiai, shiatsu, Shiba Inu, shibboleth, shicer, shicker, shickered, shidduch, shied, shiel
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How to use shicer in a sentence

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

    Town Life in Australia|R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny
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