larrikin
larrikin is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 36 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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. [Australia & Eng.] -- a. Rowdy; rough; disorderly. [Australia & Eng.] Mobs of unruly larrikins. Sydney Daily Telegraph. Larrikin is often popularly explained by the following anecdote (which is without foundation): An Irish policeman at Melbourne, on bringing a notorious rough into court, was asked by the magistrate what the prisoner had been doing, and replied, "He was a-larrikin' [i. e., a-larking] about the streets."
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- blusterer
- boaster
- braggart
- brawler
- bulldozer
- bully
- dare-devil
- desperado
- doctrinaire
- dogmatist
- drawcansir
- eater
- fanfaron
- fire
- fop
- fury
- hoodlum
- jackanapes
- jingo
- malapert
- minx
- person
- prig
- puppy
- roarer
- roisterer
- rough
- rowdy
- saucebox
- slang-whanger
- swaggerer
- swashbuckler
- terrorist
- tough
- vaporer
- violent
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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