larrikin


Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
larrikin /ˈlarɪkɪn/
noun Austral./NZ
  • 1 a boisterous, often loutish, young man.
  • 2 a person who disregards convention.
– origin C19: from Engl. dial., perh. from the given name Larry + -kin, or from a pronunc. of larking.
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