croweater
See also: crow-eater and crow eater
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
crow + eater. Early settlers in South Australia were alleged to have eaten the breast meat of crows, parrots and cockatoos when there was a shortage of red meat. The term entered the lexicon in the late 1800s. (Alternatively, "crow" is a butcher's term for mesentery, an otherwise little-eaten tripe.)
Noun
croweater (plural croweaters)
- (Australia, slang) A person from South Australia.
- 2008, Robert Harvey, Harves: Strength Through Loyalty, page 137:
- In those days we would play the Croweaters on a Tuesday night over in Adelaide.
- 2010, Mungo MacCallum, Punch & Judy: The Double Disillusion Election of 2010, Large Print 16pt edition, page 109,
- The moderates, led by Joe Hockey and Chris Pyne (who refers to his fellow croweater in terms that are unprintable even in the most enlightened media), were delighted.
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Usage notes
The term is not considered derogatory.[1]
References
- Croweater ABC News Radio.
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