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grommet
noun- a novice surfer, especially one with a cheeky attitude
AUSTRALIA, 1981 - — Nat Young, Surfing Fundamentals, p. 127, 1985
- But for a grommet who got his first head job from a thirteen-year-old when he was ten, intimidation is a thing of the past. — Tracks, p. 82, October 1985
- Waxheads on L plates or just daggy types who get gravel rash on the knees trying to ingratiate themselves into the big gangs are “Grommitts” — Sydney Morning Herald, p. 7, 3 January 1987
- I hear she’s a hot grommet. Better than you, maybe. — Tim Winton, Lockie Leonard: Scumbuster, p. 106, 1993
- Lockie is a grommet (a young surfer) and, according to the codes of surfing, his actions when other surfers “drop in” on him are socially inappropriate. — Dudley Jones, A Necessary Fantasy?, p. 353, 2000
- by extension, a zealous novice in other sports US
Recorded in use by skateboarders by Dan Maley, Macon Telegraph and News, p.9A, 18 June 1989. Applied to scooter-riders by Ben Sharpe, Scooter Crazy, p. 40, 2000. - Grommets [...] The beginners’ hill is almost untouched by high-speed skiers and boarders. — Jim Humes and Sean Wagstaff, Boarderlands, p. 138, 1995
- a child; a young person AUSTRALIA
- He folds up the letter, and details a couple of little grommets to carry the equalisers, and the camera “Rachel” was carrying. — Dirk Flinthart, Brotherly Love, p. 33, 1995
- the anus UK, 1889
- — Robert S. Close, Love Me Sailor, p. 4, 1945
- What the hell are you standing there with your finger in your grommet for mister? — Robert S. Close, Love Me Sailor, p. 158, 1945
- — Robert S. Close, Love Me Sailor, p. 221, 1945
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