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Definition of Strine in English: Strinenoun strʌɪnstraɪn mass nouninformal 1The English language as spoken by Australians; the Australian accent, especially when considered pronounced or uneducated. I found myself speaking Strine within minutes of arrival arriving in Sydney, he applied for a job thinking that copywriter was Strine for copy typist Example sentencesExamples - What knowledge I possess of the intricacies of Strine may fairly be blamed on this small volume.
- I must tell you about this because I took a little break in Penang and these nine ladies were having breakfast, and it was pure Strine.
- On this week's program, Bruce Shapiro explains and demonstrates the differences between speaking Strine and Speaking American.
- Today's interesting URL is the blog of a paramedic, or in Strine, an Ambo.
- 1.1count noun An Australian.
iced beer stops up the nose—that's why you Strines talk so funny
adjective strʌɪnstraɪn informal Relating to Australians or Australian English. he spoke with a broad Strine accent Example sentencesExamples - Ex-Tampa families will soon have Strine accents and vocabularies.
- I bought it because it's Strine, because it's reasonably priced, and because it doesn't seem to have any inherently emetic properties.
- The only difference was that the American update came as an ‘embassy notice’ while ours was its Strine equivalent, an ‘embassy bulletin’.
Origin 1960s: representing Australian in Strine. Rhymes align, assign, benign, brine, chine, cline, combine, condign, confine, consign, dine, divine, dyne, enshrine, entwine, fine, frontline, hardline, interline, intertwine, kine, Klein, line, Main, malign, mine, moline, nine, on-line, opine, outshine, pine, Rhein, Rhine, shine, shrine, sign, sine, spine, spline, stein, swine, syne, thine, tine, trine, twine, Tyne, underline, undermine, vine, whine, wine Definition of Strine in US English: Strine(also strine) nounstrīnstraɪn informal 1The English language as spoken by Australians; the Australian accent, especially when considered striking or uneducated. Example sentencesExamples - On this week's program, Bruce Shapiro explains and demonstrates the differences between speaking Strine and Speaking American.
- Today's interesting URL is the blog of a paramedic, or in Strine, an Ambo.
- I must tell you about this because I took a little break in Penang and these nine ladies were having breakfast, and it was pure Strine.
- What knowledge I possess of the intricacies of Strine may fairly be blamed on this small volume.
- 1.1 An Australian.
adjectivestrīnstraɪn informal Relating to Australians or Australian English. he spoke with a broad Strine accent Example sentencesExamples - The only difference was that the American update came as an ‘embassy notice’ while ours was its Strine equivalent, an ‘embassy bulletin’.
- I bought it because it's Strine, because it's reasonably priced, and because it doesn't seem to have any inherently emetic properties.
- Ex-Tampa families will soon have Strine accents and vocabularies.
Origin 1960s: representing Australian in Strine. |