larrikin

Example Sentences

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“The Queenslander was a larger-than-life figure who drew a widespread fan base during his peak years for not only his hard-hitting ways but his larrikin persona.”

From Seattle Times • May 14, 2022

Australians love a larrikin, a mischievous person with a good heart, said Frank Bongiorno, a historian at Australian National University in Canberra.

From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021

The first is the idea of the "larrikin" politician, a unique Australian term for a boisterous person - usually a man - whose bad behaviour is excused as disregard for convention.

From BBC • May 15, 2019

"Have fun, be a bit of a larrikin, that's the Australian way, but show respect for your fellow athletes and for the performance environment we are creating."

From Reuters • Aug. 5, 2015

Archibald Forbes described the larrikin as "a cross between the Street Arab and the Hoodlum, with a dash of the Rough thrown in to improve the mixture."

From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis