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larrikin
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Larrikin \Lar"ri*kin\, n. [Cf. E. dial. larrikin a mischievous or frolicsome youth, larrick lively, careless, larack to frolic, to romp.] A rowdy street loafer; a rowdyish or noisy ill-bred fellow; a hoodlum; -- variously applied, as to a street blackguard, ...
Wiktionary
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a. (context Australian slang English) Exhibiting the characteristics or behaviour of a larrikin; playfully rebellious against and contemptuous of authority and convention. n. 1 (context Australia New Zealand slang dated English) A brash and impertinent, ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Larrikin is an Australian English term meaning "a mischievous young person, an uncultivated, rowdy but good hearted person", or "a person who acts with apparent disregard for social or political conventions". In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the term ...
Usage examples of larrikin.
He was too anxious to know how we got on with the larrikins to give me any useful information.