Definitions
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- noun Australia, navy, slang A Tasmanian
seaman . - noun Australia, humorous An inhabitant of
Tasmania .
Etymologies
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Royal Australian Navy slang from about 1930. A blend of Tasmanian and Glaswegian.
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Examples
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So there's lots of legal, technical and operational work downunder about the defamatory implications of blogs, all happening while newspaper circulation goes Taswegian.
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Form points to Ricky Ponting being third rated Taswegian
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