Larrikin

//ˈlæɹɪk(ɪ)n//

Synonyms for "larrikin" (10 found)

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Noun(2 words)

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Related words (5)

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Finnish

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  • kapinallinen noun (high-spirited person who playfully rebels against authority and conventional norms)
  • niskuri noun (high-spirited person who playfully rebels against authority and conventional norms)

Māori

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  • rarikena noun (high-spirited person who playfully rebels against authority and conventional norms)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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To keep me out of trouble I was sent to the wood-gang Cascade an out station about two miles from headquarters. On arriving at this place the following dialogue passed between me and the overseer: […] "A bit of a larrikin, T——, but it won't do here, you know." "No odds about that—what's the work?"

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I wish to call your attention to the annoyance foot passengers are subject to by the ill-behaviour and disgraceful conduct exhibited by the larrikins, and also from men (who ought to know better), who infest the market reserve for the purpose of disposing of their wood, and who, until they do so, are the cause of the annoyance above referred to, which I suppose they would term amusing themselves. The rows and fights which they betimes indulge in, accompanied by some of the foulest and most blasphemous language, frequently to passers-by, and also the obstruction of the footpath, ought to attract the attention of those at whose hands the remedy lies.

Source: wiktionary

How dare you talk to me like that, you young larrikin? Be off! or I'll send for a policeman.

Source: wiktionary

The reputation of the Melbourne larrikin was world wide, the larrikin being the forerunner of the hooligan. Law and education had failed to reform these larrikins, and at last some of the citizens hit on the method of forming cadet corps, which had proved to be a conspicuous success, and larrikinism was now dead; the streets of Melbourne knew it no more as a real source of terror.

Source: wiktionary

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