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- noun Plural form of
larrikin .
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Examples
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"larrikins" directed the attention of a policeman to a person who was doing thus and so.
Europe Revised 1910
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"larrikins," who dragged the unconscious man a little further from the edge of the quay.
By Berwen Banks Allen Raine 1885
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"larrikins," who are composed of the lowest and most criminal orders.
Foot-prints of Travel or, Journeyings in Many Lands Maturin Murray Ballou 1857
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Kevin Mitchell: Australian cricketers fall from gods to bedraggled larrikins
The Ashes 2010-11: England management focussed on securing the series | Mike Selvey 2011
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A crowd of young larrikins hanging outside the door made respectful way for him, and he heard one say to another: That's 'im!
A PIECE OF STEAK 2010
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Kevin Mitchell: Australian cricketers fall from gods to bedraggled larrikins
The Ashes 2010-11: Michael Clarke in fight to rival mastery of Strauss 2011
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A crowd of young larrikins hanging outside the door made respectful way for him, and he heard one say to another: That's 'im!
A PIECE OF STEAK 2010
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Kevin Mitchell: Australian cricketers fall from gods to bedraggled larrikins
The Ashes 2010-11: Aussies beware – cricket is taking a kicking | Kevin Mitchell 2011
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Kevin Mitchell: Australian cricketers fall from gods to bedraggled larrikins
The Ashes 2010-11: Ricky Ponting – great batsman, flawed captain 2011
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“We are beset with larrikins, who lurk about in the darkness and deliver every sort of attack on the walls and roof with stones and sticks.”
Couldn’t Prosecute Satan « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2008
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