Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

long-grasser

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.11 in modern English

Syllables: long--grass-er
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A homeless indigenous person living in the longgrass region.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

"Usually they were first-person accounts of Darwin politics from the viewpoint of a 'long-grasser', or a homeless drinker around town."
"This article uses concepts from Yolngu philosophy to explore these perspectives in three contexts: at the former mission settlements, at homeland centres, and among “long-grassers” in Darwin."
"But Miss Harriet Douglas was no long-grasser."
"The dense racial politics and the indeterminacy of the long-grasser problem at the Tiwi shops make this a paradigmatic contact zone."

Etymology

From longgrass + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: longgrass

Usage

Colloquial

Inflected Forms

long-grassers (plural) longgrasser (alternative) long grasser (alternative)

Questions

What does long-grasser mean?: A homeless indigenous person living in the longgrass region.
Where does long-grasser come from?: From longgrass + -er.

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