A native-born Australian, as distinct from an immigrant.
there is a forwardness among our youthful gumsuckers
Example sentencesExamples
- The gumsuckers were a happy lot of campers when the first state secondary school flung open its doors to knock some learnin' into some skulls.
- 'Good on the Maori,' murmered the Gumsucker.
- He was of middle height, slight enough for a gumsucker, but well made.
- Gumsuckers tried to turn Eucalyptus into a patriotic emblem.
- He believed only gumsuckers like himself could see the beauty of Australia's 'own great tree' and look on it with pride.