What does lurkman mean?
Lurkman means (archaic or Australia) A conman..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(archaic or Australia) A conman..
I saw a group of four big lurkmen—I've noticed them in the background at Randwick or Rosehill when Bill was in for the kill on some racer.
Elwood seems at first a typical army scrounger and lurkman with his latest model Mercedes and every creature comfort but he is a ruthless and greedy drug pedlar.
The compulsion to take the work or lose the dole left many families with barely any option at all, and sending the men up country created special losses and problems. An unemployed 'lurkman' Jim Sharrock, commented about his call-up: 'I lost over relief work. I'd been getting ten bob a week nit-keeping for the SP bloke.'
It was like that all day: jockeys, trainers, and assorted silvertails all said hello, as did lurkmen and urgers, bookie's runners, and loiterers.
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Lurkman means (archaic or Australia) A conman..
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I saw a group of four big lurkmen—I've noticed them in the background at Randwick or Rosehill when Bill was in for the kill on some racer.
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