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identity
noun
a noted person; an odd or interesting person AUSTRALIA, 1874- There was a widely told tradition about these parts that years ago an old identity from Rhyndaston named Mrs Delany had taken off her red flannel petticoat and waved it to stop a train when a bridge had been washed away[.] — Patsy Adam-Smith, Folklore of the Australian Railwaymen, p. 195, 1969
- Consider, for instance, the adventures of Yossal, a well-known Melbourne race-track identity who never seems to pick the winners that count. — Roy Higgins and Tom Prior, The Jockey Who Laughed, p. 40, 1982
- One local identity decided he would get amongst them and, armed with a very thick line and live mullet, he heaved it out with all his might. — Bob Staines, Wot a Whopper, p. 56, 1982
- I had another run-in with a local identity when I was a kid at Mordialloc. — Rex Hunt, Tall Tales–and True, p. 50, 1994
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