strine
[ strahyn ]
/ straɪn /
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noun Informal.
Australian English.
Nearby words
striking price, striking train, strimmer, strimon, strindberg, strine, string, string along, string bag, string band, string bass
Origin of strine
1964; jocular representation of the supposed pronunciation of Australian by uneducated Australian speakers
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Examples 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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