larrikin

[ lar-i-kin ]

/ ˈlær ɪ kɪn /

Australian Slang.

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noun

a street rowdy; hoodlum.

adjective

disorderly; rowdy.

Origin of larrikin

First recorded in 1865–70; origin uncertain

OTHER WORDS FROM larrikin

lar·ri·kin·ism, noun

Words nearby larrikin

larouche, larousse, larp, larrey's amputation, larrigan, larrikin, larrocha, larrup, larruping, larry, larry car

Example sentences from the Web for larrikin

"Nothing like the Australian larrikin when he gets going," you will be told.

The Pacific Triangle |Sydney Greenbie
The larrikin turned away, and beckoned his comrades to follow him.

While the Billy Boils |Henry Lawson
I'm as good a man as him, though I'm a larrikin and he's a twopenny lord.

Tiny Luttrell |Ernest William Hornung
The "larrikin" easily gets a job, and works by fits and starts when it suits him, or when he wants money.

Brighter Britain! (Volume 1 of 2) |William Delisle Hay

They have not yet arrived at that precise stage of civilisation that develops the Rough, the Larrikin, or the Hooligan.

The Inhabitants of the Philippines |Frederic H. Sawyer

British Dictionary definitions for larrikin

larrikin

/ (ˈlærɪkɪn) /

noun Australian and NZ slang

a mischievous person
(as modifier)a larrikin bloke

a hooligan

Word Origin for larrikin

C19: from English dialect: a mischievous youth

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noun Australian and NZ slang

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adjective

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