larry dooley
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.93 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Extra effort; extra impetus; enthusiastic aggression.
Australian usage; Colloquial; Slang; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Meggsie and his crew gave the Japs some ‘Larry Dooley’ with a group of Brigade sigs who, galloping back and forth from the armourer′s position carried the bombs after they had been checked."
- "She could hear her now, using her grannie′s voice, “You lose ninety per cent of your body heat through your head, young lady, so get that hat on before I give you Larry Dooley.”"
- "As they came down the home straight, the jockey gave his horse Larry Dooley."
- "As Ian Harvey came in, my carefully considered words of advice were something like: ‘Have a look, get settled and then let′s give ′em a bit of Larry Dooley!’"
- "“Don't be euphemistic. I′m getting drunk. I intend to get drunker. My sciatica′s giving me Larry Dooley. From now on I′ll pour my own, thank you very much.″"
- "And, taking off her shoes new filmed with the dust of roads and adventure, “My corn is giving me Larry Dooley!”"
Etymology
After Larry Dooley, an otherwise forgotten early boxer, or possibly the better remembered Larry Foley. Popularised by cricket commentator Richie Benaud when describing aggressive batsmen.
Usage
Inflected Forms
larry-dooley (alternative)
Phrases
play Larry Dooley
give it some welly