ocker

[fr. the name Oscar]  Austral. slang  a rough, uncultivated, or aggressively boorish Australian man (esp. as a stereotype); thus ockerdom, ockerish, ockerism

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1: A nickname for an Australian man. (1916 —) .

2: A typically rough or aggressively boorish Australian; also as (1968 —) .
Telegraph (Brisbane): It is no use telling Australians to wake up; it is not in the ocker character (1976). Hence ockerish adjective. (1978 —) . Also ockerdom, ockerism, noun. (1974 —) .

[In sense 2, the name of a character devised and played by Ron Frazer ((1924 — 83)) in the Australian television series The Mavis Bramston Show ((1965 — 8)).]

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