It was the canajong of the Tasmanianaboriginal. Their pronunciation of `learykin' would be very nearly `lairy kin,' which becomesthe single word larrikin. (2) In a secondary sense, a synonym for an impostor. The words Bush-Lawyer,Lawyer-Vine, and Lawyer-Palm, are used with thesame signification, and are also applied in some colonies tothe Calamus australis, Mart.
SeeOak. 28: The opossum-mouse is about the size of our largestbarn-mouse. 1: From the trees sounds the shrill chirp of large green cicada(native cads as the bushmen call them). Clutterbuck, `Port Phillip in 1849,' p.
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