ocker
/ˈɒkə
/noun Australian informal
A rough, uncultivated Australian man: the cop was a big beefy ocker [as modifier]: an ocker sports writer...
- Then there is the great ocker hero Kostya Tsuzu.
- The two ockers in question are Paul Hogan and Michael Caton.
- Bazza was the catalyst for the rise of the ocker, the 70s larrikin.
Origin
1970s: alteration of Oscar, popularized by the name of a character in an Australian television series (1965–8).