Yarra-banker

πŸ“– Definitions

noun

1. A vagrant or a loafer.

2. A soapbox orator or agitator.

πŸ’¬ Usage Examples

β€œThere were many jokes about the draftsman [and poet Bernard O’Dowd] who was so pedantic about the right place for a comma and yet could write exuberantly about the Yarra-banker in the May Day procession keeping step with Christ.” Victor Kennedy and Nettie Palmer; Bernard O’Dowd; Melbourne University Press; 1954.
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