Larrikin

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Australian A person given to comical or outlandish behavior.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A brash and impertinent, possibly violent, troublemaker, especially a youth; a hooligan.
  • n. A high-spirited person who playfully rebels against authority and conventional norms.
  • adj. Exhibiting the characteristics or behaviour of a larrikin; playfully rebellious against and contemptuous of authority and convention.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • 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.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Rollicking; disorderly; rowdy.
  • n. A rowdy; a rough; a blackguard; a “hoodlum.”
  • Word Usage
    "This may have something to do with brassiere technology, or the design of sweaters, or possibly the footage was shot by Australian news cameramen with a specific interest in that area - what you might call the larrikin school of film-making."
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