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long-grasser

long-grasser noun: a homeless indigenous person living in the longgrass region.

Noun

long-grasser (plural long-grassers)

  1. (colloquial) A homeless indigenous person living in the longgrass region.
    • Usually they were first-person accounts of Darwin politics from the viewpoint of a 'long-grasser', or a homeless drinker around town.2000, Ian Jack, Australia: The New New World, →ISBN, page 205
    • This article uses concepts from Yolngu philosophy to explore these perspectives in three contexts: at the former mission settlements, at homeland centres, and among “long-grassers” in Darwin.2004, Michael Christie, John Greatorex, “Yolngu Life in the Northern Territory of Australia: The Significance of Community and Social Capital”, in Asia Pacific Journal of Public Administration...

Examples of long-grasser in a sentence

  • But Miss Harriet Douglas was no long-grasser.2011, Stephen Gray, The Protectors: A Journey Through Whitefella Past, →ISBN:
  • The dense racial politics and the indeterminacy of the long-grasser problem at the Tiwi shops make this a paradigmatic contact zone.2015, Emma Kowal, Trapped in the Gap: Doing Good in Indigenous Australia, →ISBN, page 69:

Forms of long-grasser

plurallong-grassers
alternative formlonggrasser
alternative formlong grasser

Origin of long-grasser

From longgrass + -er.

Questions about long-grasser

What does long-grasser mean?
Long-grasser means a homeless indigenous person living in the longgrass region.
How do you use long-grasser in a sentence?
But Miss Harriet Douglas was no long-grasser.
What part of speech is long-grasser?
Long-grasser is a noun.
What is the plural of long-grasser?
The plural of long-grasser is long-grassers.

Words near long-grasser in the dictionary

  1. long-footed potoroos
  2. long-form
  3. long-furred
  4. long-grain
  5. long-grained
  6. long-grasser
  7. long-grassers
  8. long-haired
  9. long-haired Abyssinian
  10. long-haired Abyssinians
  11. long-haired dictionaries

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