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.