strine
[ strahyn ]
/ straɪn /
noun Informal.
Australian English.
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Origin of strine
1964; jocular representation of the supposed pronunciation of Australian by uneducated Australian speakers
Words nearby strine
striking price, striking train, strimmer, strimon, strindberg, strine, string, string along, string bag, string band, string bass
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Example sentences from the Web for strine
It's beginning to tell on 'is 'ealth, the strine and diserpointment, and I wants it stopped.
Mr. Punch's Golf Stories|VariousWe now proceeded on our ramble, and I espied about one hundred yards off a heron on the bank of the Strine.
Country Walks of a Naturalist with His Children|W. Houghton
British Dictionary definitions for strine
Strine
/ (straɪn) /
noun
a humorous transliteration of Australian pronunciation, as in Gloria Soame for glorious home
Word Origin for Strine
C20: a jocular rendering, coined by Alastair Morrison, of the Australian pronunciation of Australian
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