Aussie, n. and a. colloq.
(ˈɒsɪ, in Australia ˈɒzɪ)
[Hypocoristic, f. Australian n. and a.: see -ie.]
1. (An) Australian.
| 1917 Harefield Park Boomerang 16 Mar. 3 Send us a barrel of Aussy's shypoo. 1918 (title) Aussie. The Australian Soldiers' Magazine. Ibid. 2/1 A certain Aussie Unit. 1919 Athenæum 8 Aug. 727/2 [The soldier]..gave nicknames to the Overseas troops, as ‘Aussies’, ‘Diggers’, or ‘Dincums’ for Australians. 1931 I. L. Idriess Lasseter's Last Ride i. 7 Fred Colson, a cheerful Aussie bushman. 1957 S. Hope Diggers' Paradise 78 Most Aussies, contrary to popular belief, are town-dwellers. |
2. Australia.
| 1917 Harefield Park Boomerang 18 Apr. 9/2 That a passage to ‘Ausie’ [sic] they'll get, Is considered an ‘odds-on’ bet. 1918 Australian at Weymouth 2 July 8/2 He soon returns to Aussie with his ‘better half’. 1928 W. Smyth Jean of Tussock Country xxiii. 215 You meet a few bums from Aussie. 1956 F. B. Vickers in Coast to Coast 72 You're in Aussie now. Not your country. |