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| − | Originated in the "Black Country" dialect found in the area near Birmingham, United Kingdom, where 'larrikin' originally meant 'tongue', thus someone who was outspoken. | + | Possibly from "Black Country" (area near [[Birmingham]], UK) dialect ''larrikin'' ("''tongue''"); hence, an outspoken person. |
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| | ===Noun=== | | ===Noun=== |
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| − | # {{Australia|slang}} Someone with an amused, irreverent, mocking attitude to authority and the norms of propriety. | + | # {{Australia|slang|dated}} A [[brash]] and [[impertinent]], possibly [[violent]], [[troublemaker]], especially a youth. |
| − | #* 1896: Henry Lawson, ''A Visit of Condolence.'' | + | #* '''1896''', [[w:Henry Lawson|Henry Lawson]], ''A Visit of Condolence'', published in ''While the Billy Boils: Second Series'', republished 2010, ''Selected Stories'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=IrznCmMq7KwC&pg=PT151&dq=%22How+dare+you+talk+to+me+like+that,+you+young+larrikin?+Be+off%21+or+I%27ll+send+for+a+policeman.%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&ei=WyyyTrnnGMqviQecyLT-AQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=%22How%20dare%20you%20talk%20to%20me%20like%20that%2C%20you%20young%20larrikin%3F%20Be%20off!%20or%20I%27ll%20send%20for%20a%20policeman.%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false unnumbered page], |
| − | #*: "How dare you talk to me like that, you young '''larrikin'''? Be off! or I'll send for a policeman." (Quoted in ''A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms'' (Fontana 1978) by G.A.Wilkes). | + | #*: "How dare you talk to me like that, you young '''larrikin'''? Be off! or I'll send for a policeman." |
| − | #* 2006: Guardian September 5, 2006: article: "It's like a part of Australia has died". | + | # {{Australia|slang}} A [[high-spirited]] person who [[playfully]] [[rebel]]s against [[authority]] and [[conventional]] [[norm]]s. |
| − | #*: "We're all a bit embarrassed by [Steve Irwin]. He puts that image of Australia to the world - that '''larrikin''' attitude - and we're not all like that," says Milo Laing... | + | #* '''1988''', Gavin Souter, ''Acts of Parliament: A Narrative History of the Senate and House of Representatives, Commonwealth of Australia'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=hN0jAAAAMAAJ&q=%22larrikin%7Clarrikins%22+bonython+-intitle:%22%22&dq=%22larrikin%7Clarrikins%22+bonython+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&ei=Q1ayTvOyH8nemAWwzOzZAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDwQ6AEwBA page 432], |
| − | <!-- be nice to find a less contentious quotation for this --> | + | #*: When Browne's turn came, he went down like a true '''larrikin''', giving cheek to the end. |
| | + | #* '''2006''' September 5, ''[[w:The Guardian|The Guardian]]'', ''[http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2006/sep/05/australia.broadcasting It's like a part of Australia has died]'', |
| | + | #*: "We're all a bit embarrassed by him.<sup>{[[w:Steve Irwin|Steve Irwin]]}</sup> He puts that image of Australia to the world - that '''larrikin''' attitude - and we're not all like that," says Milo Laing, 27, the manager of an Australian-themed bar on Shaftesbury Avenue. |
| | + | #* '''2006''', Nick Economou, ''26: Jeff Kennett: The larrikin metropolitan'', Paul Strangio, Brian Costar (editors), ''The Victorian Premiers, 1856-2006'', [http://books.google.com/books?id=q9G5TdHXBlIC&pg=PA363&dq=%22larrikin%7Clarrikins%22+-intitle:%22%22&hl=en&ei=v06yTuf7IJHnmAWMnKnLAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEwQ6AEwBjgK#v=onepage&q=%22larrikin%7Clarrikins%22%20-intitle%3A%22%22&f=false page 363], |
| | + | #*: From the moment he had become opposition leader following the defeat of Lindsay Thompson's government in 1982, Jeff Kennett had been viewed as a political '''larrikin'''. |
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| | ====Derived terms==== | | ====Derived terms==== |
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