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单词 nointer
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Definition of nointer in English:

nointer

noun ˈnɔɪntə
Australian informal
  • (especially in Tasmania) a troublesome or annoying person or thing, in particular a mischievous child.

    we laughed hysterically and generally behaved like puerile nointers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Older generations typically criticize nointers, for their clothes, the music they listen to, the way they speak and the things they do.
    • Did you ever see such a nointer in all your born days?
    • “You come with me, you young nointer,” said Rudge.
    • Hush, hush my Boy, you don't want t' be a Nointer and give the game away.
    • "Mum's a Virgo too and I'm a..." She looks to me for the answer. “A nointer,” I laugh.
    • Having to deal with other little nointers might give him more of an idea of how negative behaviour impacts upon others.
    • Mrs Hoare, of Watlington, calls her grandchild a "'nointer" when she is troublesome and restless.
    • Nervous systems are tricky little nointers!
    • When little boys were being troublesome, here they were called "nointers".
    • As for the kids, could getting the little nointers trackside be a way of propping up the state's struggling racing industry?

Origin

Late 19th century: originally English dialect, from anointer ‘person who deserves an anointing’, i.e. a beating.

 
 
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