Croweater
noun, slang
noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A person from South Australia. Australia, slang
"In those days we would play the Croweaters on a Tuesday night over in Adelaide."
Example
More examples"In those days we would play the Croweaters on a Tuesday night over in Adelaide."
Etymology
From crow + eater. Early settlers in South Australia were alleged to have eaten the breast meat of crows, parrots and cockatoos when there was a shortage of red meat. The term entered the lexicon in the late 1800s. (Alternatively, "crow" is a butcher's term for mesentery, an otherwise little-eaten tripe.)
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