Definitions
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- noun Australia, informal A man who drinks alone.
- noun Australia, informal A
drink consumed alone.
Etymologies
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From a poem by Barcroft Boake, published in The Bulletin of 7 May 1892, about a fictional Jimmy Wood from Britain who is determined to end the practice of shouting (buying rounds of drinks for one′s group of mates).
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Examples
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"I thought he wanted one and wouldn't like to be a Jimmy Woodser."
Over the Sliprails Henry Lawson 1894
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Jimmy Woodser: A person who drinks alone; a drink drunk alone.
Over the Sliprails Henry Lawson 1894
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