Long-grasser
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Long-grasser is a noun meaning (colloquial) A homeless indigenous person living in the longgrass region.
Meaning
(colloquial) A homeless indigenous person living in the longgrass region.
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Word Forms
- long-grassers
- longgrasser
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include longgrasser, grasser, grass-comber, grasseater, backsettler, lack-grace.
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