croweater
croweater · croweaters
A person from South AustraliaA person from South Australia.
Meaning
1 senses(Australia, slang)A person from South Australia.
Origin
From crow + eater. Early settlers in South Australia were alleged to have eaten the breastFrom crow + eater. Early settlers in South Australia were alleged to have eaten the breast meat of crows, parrots and cockatoos when there was a shortage of red meat. The term entered the lexicon in the late 1800s. (Alternatively, "crow" is a butcher's term for mesentery, an otherwise little-eaten tripe.)
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Forms
plural: croweatersWord family
1 related wordsRelatedeat crow