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larrikin
noun- a trouble-making youth, usually a male; a thug or tough AUSTRALIA, 1868
From British dialect, recorded in Warwickshire and Worcestershire; originally a term of the greatest contempt and the youths so labelled were the subject of much C19 media hype. Journalist Nat Gould described them (1898) as “hideous-looking fellows, whose features bear traces of unmistakable indulgence in every loathsome vice”. The amelioration of the term relies on the difference between a “healthy” disregard for authority and social convention and an “unhealthy” one. - — Harvey E. Ward, Down Under Without Blunder, p. 41, 1967
- The real heroes of the bush weren’t the young larrikins who became outlaws[.] — Bill Wannan, Folklore of the Australian Pub, p. 58, 1972
- So there was Father’s case. His brood were larrikins. — Kerry Cue, Crooks, Chooks and Bloody Ratbags, p. 4, 1983
- One of the larrikins she was knocking around with decided to burn his initials into her arm and she just let him do it. — Kerry Cue, Crooks, Chooks and Bloody Ratbags, p. 168, 1983
- He talked like a Collingwood larrikin and dressed like a Collins Street broker so you would think there was a ventriloquist in the room. — Frank Hardy, Hardy’s People, p. 94, 1986
- a fun-loving, good-natured mischief-maker; a scallywag AUSTRALIA, 1891
Seen as typically Australian and much romanticised in literature, as C.J. Dennis’ character, the Sentimental Bloke. Now the prevailing sense. - Come and I’ll introduce you to the greatest bunch of larrikins in Sydney. — Sam Weller, Old Bastards I Have Met, p. 31, 1979
- Almost a year to get through to the big loveable larrikin[.] — Robert G. Barrett, Davo’s Little Something, p. 271, 1992
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