ockerishadj.
/ˈɒkərɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈɑkərɪʃ/, Australian English /ˈɔkərɪʃ/ slang (originally and chiefly Australian).
Characteristic of an ocker; boorish, unsophisticated. Chiefly derogatory.
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1978 Australian 17 Oct. 7/1 Something odd, ockerish and not particularly attractive about the Australian character became apparent this last week.
1994 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 18 Dec. 12 A couple of hecklers began ockerish shouts as the England captain walked off.
2001 Canberra Times 31 Mar. c5 Max Walker started out his ockerish career on ABC radio.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1978- stage-coachman
- stage-craft
- stage-curtain
- stage-cutter
- stage-dialect
- stage-dive
- stage-diver
- stage-diving
- stage-doctor
- stage-door
- stage-door johnny
- stage-driver
- stage-effect
- stage-entrance
- stage-fever
- stage-fly
- stage-fright
- stage-gangway
- stage-gesture
- stage-hand
- stage-head
- stage-horn
- stage-house
- stage-keeper
- stage-kiln