Definitions for larrikin

larrikin lar·ri·kin

Spelling: [lar-i-kin]
IPA: /ˈlær ɪ kɪn/

Larrikin is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 123 anagrams from letters in larrikin (aiiklnrr).

Definitions for larrikin

noun

  1. a street rowdy; hoodlum.

adjective

  1. disorderly; rowdy.

Origin of larrikin

First recorded in 1865-70; origin uncertain

Examples for larrikin

I'm as good a man as him, though I'm a larrikin and he's a twopenny lord.

"Nothing like the Australian larrikin when he gets going," you will be told.

They have not yet arrived at that precise stage of civilisation that develops the Rough, the larrikin, or the Hooligan.

Were its use restricted to the bullock-driver and the larrikin one could make excuses; but this is not so.

The word is younger than the Australian larrikin, of doubtful origin (see p. 190), but older than Fr.

More familiar is the Australian “larrikin,” which apparently came into use about 1870 in Melbourne.

The "larrikin" easily gets a job, and works by fits and starts when it suits him, or when he wants money.

Apart from bush terms, there are town appellations, such as 'larrikin,' which means a 'rough.'

The larrikin turned away, and beckoned his comrades to follow him.

Word Value for larrikin
Scrable

12

Words with friends

14

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