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[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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Also Ocker Also Ocker
adjective
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)).]
Also Ocker Also Ocker
adjective
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)).]
| ocean wave, obs, obit | |
| ocky, odd bod, oddball |
