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单词 currency lad
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Definition of currency lad in English:

currency lad

noun
Australian dated
  • A native-born Australian man, as distinct from an immigrant.

    the currency lads and lasses began inventing the Australian way of speaking
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Currency lads and lasses were mostly the children of convicts or emancipists, and the term suggested inferiority and a distinct identity.
    • Our currency lads and lasses are a fine interesting race, and they do honour to the country whence they originated.
    • One story argues that currency lads were so called because they demanded to be paid in cash money.
    • As the spirit of Australian nationhood bloomed, when called currency lads or lasses, native-born children of all classes bore the name with pride.
    • A currency lad was a native-born Australian—which is not to say an Aborigine, whose unique right to and sense of belonging would not be acknowledged for many decades.
    • His characterization of the currency lads and lasses exemplifies the general contemporary view.
    • She got more pleasure from a moment's reading than the admiration of the local currency lads.
    • The two young men are currency lads—born and bred in the new land now being called Australia.
    • The physical and behavioural characteristics of currency lads and lasses impressed contemporary observers.
    • W. C. Wentworth was the most celebrated currency lad.
 
 
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