larrikin

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Down one side, on wooden forms, was seated a row of flashily-dressed girls -- larrikin-esses on their native heath, barmaids from cheap, disreputable hotels, shop girls, factory girls -- all sharp-faced and pert, young in years, but old in knowledge of evil.

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  1. noun Australian A person given to comical or outlandish behavior.

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  • In our more generous moments we'd consider him a loveable larrikin, courtesy no doubt of his Irish Catholic farming family background on the swamp at Bunyip.
  • Pizza's swaggering ethno-larrikin comedy and We Can Be Heroes timely satire of triumphalist Aussie values, it makes barely a ripple in our media or art. —  newmatilda.com - Comments
  • Lady Sovereign-in the larrikin, I-don't-give-a-fuck incarnation she paints-is now an uninteresting character. —  PopMatters
  • "It's time to drive even greater national and international recognition of Mardi Gras and its vibrant, energetic expression of our Aussie larrikin personality," Ms McInerney said. —  NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
  • PETER HARVEY: Paul Hogan may have had a change of face in recent years but he's still the irreverent larrikin we all know and love.
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  1. Origin unknown.

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  1. Cf. larrick. A local origin is ascribed to the word in the first quotation.
 

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/ˈlærɪkɪn/
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