strine

[ strahyn ]

nounInformal.

Australian English.

Origin of strine

1964; jocular representation of the supposed pronunciation of Australian by uneducated Australian speakers

Words Nearby strine

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How to use strine in a sentence

We 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
It's beginning to tell on 'is 'ealth, the strine and diserpointment, and I wants it stopped.
Mr. Punch's Golf Stories | Various

British Dictionary definitions for Strine

Strine

/ (straɪn) /

noun

a humorous transliteration of Australian pronunciation, as in Gloria Soame for glorious home

Origin of Strine

C20: a jocular rendering, coined by Alastair Morrison, of the Australian pronunciation of Australian

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