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lar·ri·kin
/ˈlærɪkən/
惡棍(
a
.)喧鬧的
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Lar·ri·kin
n.
A
rowdy
street
loafer
;
a
rowdyish
or
noisy
ill-bred
fellow
;
a
hoodlum
; --
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
.
Note:
☞
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.”
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