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Definition of Larrikin
1. n. A rowdy street loafer; a rowdyish or noisy ill-bred fellow; -- variously applied, as to a street blackguard, a street Arab, a youth given to horse-play, etc.
Definition of Larrikin
1. Noun. (Australia New Zealand slang dated) A brash and impertinent, possibly violent, troublemaker, especially a youth; a hooligan. ¹
2. Noun. (Australia slang) A high-spirited person who playfully rebels against authority and conventional norms. ¹
3. Adjective. (Australian slang) Exhibiting the characteristics or behaviour of a larrikin; playfully rebellious against and contemptuous of authority and convention. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Larrikin
1. a rowdy [n -S] - See also: rowdy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Larrikin
Literary usage of Larrikin
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life and Progress in Australasia by Michael Davitt (1898)
""larrikin" LANGUAGE YOU notice at once while mixing with the people who ...
Sydney and Melbourne have their " larrikin" language, just as London has its ..."
2. Our Journey Around the World: An Illustrated Record of a Year's Travel of by Francis Edward Clark, Harriet Elizabeth Clark (1894)
"... City Life — The "Bluey" and the " Billy " — The '' larrikin " — A " New Chum " —
Modesty Becoming a Literary New Chum. TRAVELER'S first impressions of a ..."
3. Our Australian Cousins by James Inglis (1880)
"... on the pavements— Shop-runners—The streets on Saturday night—The Sydney
larrikin—Selfishness of the wealthier classes—Honour to whom honour is due. ..."
4. A Colonial Tramp: Travels and Adventures in Australia and New Guinea by Hume Nisbet (1896)
"... Working larrikin—Echuca—A Lesson in Good Breeding. IT was a rush up towards
Deniliquin after ..."
5. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases and Usages with by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"If I am right, then larrikin is the natural diminutive form in English phraseology
for a small or juvenile thief. . . . This however is, I must acknowledge, ..."
6. The Centennial Magazine: An Australian Monthly (1888)
"... I SAW the larrikin in gaol, His smooth face, his intelligence, his ignorance,
his muscular limbs : Frankly he saluted ..."
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