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Australia upon a lucky nation of the same name, bonzer box office boffo was made by They're a Weird Mob, the tale of a hapless Italian immigrant who finds himself bamboozled by the 'strine' lingo and crude culture of mid-century Sydney. "
GreenCine Daily 2009
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Australia upon a lucky nation of the same name, bonzer box office boffo was made by They're a Weird Mob, the tale of a hapless Italian immigrant who finds himself bamboozled by the 'strine' lingo and crude culture of mid-century Sydney. "
GreenCine Daily 2009
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Australia upon a lucky nation of the same name, bonzer box office boffo was made by They're a Weird Mob, the tale of a hapless Italian immigrant who finds himself bamboozled by the 'strine' lingo and crude culture of mid-century Sydney. "
GreenCine Daily 2009
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Fuck off with your sofa units and strine green stripe patterns, I say never be complete, I say stop being perfect, I say let … lets evolve, let the chips fall where they may. alupa
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It was the #2 film of the fest of @tomflem as well as saying "I don't speak or understand 'strine so there were times when I longed for subtitles", hahah, aw.
Archive 2009-09-01 Glenn Dunks 2009
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As for the meaning of ‘pedestrine’, it is a noun, which I believe refers to any individual who walks in a particularly Australian way, not dissimilar to those who indulge in that particularly Australian way of talking, ‘strine’.
Small Things Kirsty 2006
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As for the meaning of ‘pedestrine’, it is a noun, which I believe refers to any individual who walks in a particularly Australian way, not dissimilar to those who indulge in that particularly Australian way of talking, ‘strine’.
Archive 2006-03-01 Kirsty 2006
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Perhaps I feel the need to reinforce my Australianity by talking strine.
September 2003 2003
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Perhaps I feel the need to reinforce my Australianity by talking strine.
Let's talk strine. 2003
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Perhaps I feel the need to reinforce my Australianity by talking strine.
Archive 2003-09-01 2003
Gammerstang commented on the word strine
informal
noun
noun: Strine; noun: strine; plural noun: strines
1.
the English language as spoken by Australians; the Australian accent, especially when considered striking or uneducated.
an Australian.
plural noun: Strines
adjective
adjective: Strine; adjective: strine
1.
relating to Australians or Australian English.
"he spoke with a broad Strine accent"
January 27, 2018