Yarra-banker
Jun 8, 2020 11:02:43 #
I get a Word-of-the Day email every day. The word today is "Yarra-banker." At first I thought it had something to do with banking in Australia. At least I was half right.
Yarra-banker
PRONUNCIATION:
(YAHR-uh-bangk-uhr)
MEANING:
noun:
1. A vagrant or a loafer.
2. A soapbox orator or agitator.
ETYMOLOGY:
After the Yarra river in Victoria, Australia. Its bank was once a popular hangout for vagrants, soapbox orators, and the like. Earliest documented use: late 19th century.
Yarra-banker
PRONUNCIATION:
(YAHR-uh-bangk-uhr)
MEANING:
noun:
1. A vagrant or a loafer.
2. A soapbox orator or agitator.
ETYMOLOGY:
After the Yarra river in Victoria, Australia. Its bank was once a popular hangout for vagrants, soapbox orators, and the like. Earliest documented use: late 19th century.
Jun 8, 2020 11:09:20 #
jerryc41 wrote:
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Yarra-banker
noun:
1. A vagrant or a loafer.
2. A soapbox orator or agitator.
...
Yarra-banker
noun:
1. A vagrant or a loafer.
2. A soapbox orator or agitator.
...
Sounds like a politician
Jun 8, 2020 11:11:56 #
Jun 8, 2020 17:51:18 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I get a Word-of-the Day email every day. The word... (show quote)
In MELBOURNE to be specific.................I have lived here for almost 90 years and have never hear of this word.
Jun 9, 2020 09:51:40 #
dancers wrote:
In MELBOURNE to be specific.................I have lived here for almost 90 years and have never hear of this word.
You gotta get out more.
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