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In some senses, ocker is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.
ADJ.
uncultivated
OCKER + NOUN
australian, character, cousins, humour, mateyness
PREP.
on
ADV.
particularly
noun
Interest on money; usury; increase.
verb
To increase (in price); add to.
noun
A boorish or uncultivated Australian.
But Willesee was finding that entertaining ockers were in short supply. Ockers who could fart and belch and drop their trousers were plentiful. There was no shortage of ockers who could sing bawdy songs and abuse Poms and chunder on cue.
In terms of formal ‘experimentation’ Williamson proved to be the most conservative; Don′s Party was the most realist of contemporary texts. Here, an entire tribe of Ockers may be observed within the confines of the suburban sprawl.
But Willesee was finding that entertaining ockers were in short supply. Ockers who could fart and belch and drop their trousers were plentiful. There was no shortage of ockers who could sing bawdy son
WiktionaryIn terms of formal ‘experimentation’ Williamson proved to be the most conservative; Don′s Party was the most realist of contemporary texts. Here, an entire tribe of Ockers may be observed within the c
WiktionaryFor many Australians, the screen persona of the character actor Bill Hunter, who has died of cancer aged 71, was the archetypal "ocker", an uncultivated Australian working man who enjoys beer, "barbie
Wiktionarypage 44: What a contrast was Jack Hibberd's next exercise—from highbrow obscurantism to a show that was to spray the audiences of a score of theatres with the ockerest of ocker humour and set them goi
WiktionaryI sidled up to a particularly Ocker character on the edge of a group and nervously explained my mission.
Wiktionary‘Non-erotic male bonding, that’s the thing isn’t it; what our ocker cousins call “mateyness”.’
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In some senses, ocker is marked as slang. Watch for register when choosing this word.