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6 lettersPronunciation /stɹɑen/Sorted einrstStarts with SEnds with E0 clues
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Definitions

  1. An Australian.

Word origin

From a pronunciation spelling of Australian spoken with this accent. Coined by “Afferbeck Lauder” (Alastair Ardoch Morrison) and popularised with his 1965 book Let Stalk Strine. Australian from 1965.

Used in a sentence

  • The Strines I met were fierce about having a good time […]
  • A TEAM at Griffith University in Brisbane is working on the development of what the university’s newspaper calls a bionic snorter. Translating into English from Strine, this is a bionic hooter, conk, bugle or nose.
  • Dell’Oso describes the encounter of an Asian woman with a surly bus driver whose only language is Strine (a form of Australian English, barely intelligible to many of the native-speakers).

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