Illywhacker

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• Illywhacker — infobox Book | name = Illywhacker title orig = translator = image caption = author = Peter Carey illustrator = cover artist = country = Australia language = English series = genre = literary publisher = University of Queensland Press release date …   Wikipedia

• illywhacker — In Australian English an illywhacker (or illywacker) is a small time confidence trickster. The origin of the term is unknown. Sidney Baker in The Australian Language (1945) suggested that the first part of the word may be a corruption of spieler …   Australian idioms

• Illywhacker — 1. stick for smacking a child with (not allowed to do anymore); 2. con merchant; 3. con artist; trickster …   Dictionary of Australian slang

• illywhacker — Australian Slang 1. stick for smacking a child with (not allowed to do anymore); 2. con merchant; 3. con artist; trickster …   English dialects glossary

• illywhacker — n. (Slang) con artist; small time trickster …   English contemporary dictionary

• illywhacker — [ ɪlɪˌwakə] noun Austral. informal, dated a confidence trickster. Origin 1940s: of unknown origin …   English new terms dictionary

• illywhacker — /ˈɪliwækə / (say ileewakuh) noun a confidence man; trickster. Also, illywacker. {obsolete British thieves slang whack the illy to perform a confidence trick; ? from eelie, from eelerspee, back slang from spieler} …  

• illywhacker — n. Austral. sl. a professional trickster. Etymology: 20th c.: orig. unkn …   Useful english dictionary

• Кэри, Питер — Питер Кэри Peter Carey Дата рождения: 7 мая 1943(1943 05 07) (69 лет) Место рождения: Бакшус Марш, Австралия Гражданство …   Википедия

• The Age Book of the Year — Awards are annual literary awards presented by Melbourne s The Age newspaper. The awards were first presented in 1974. Since 1998 they have been presented as part of the Melbourne Writers Festival. Initially, two awards were given, one for… …   Wikipedia

• Peter Carey — (als Peter Philip Carey; * 7. Februar 1943 in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria) ist ein australischer Schriftsteller. Er begann seine Karriere mit Werbetexten, veröffentlichte 1974 erste Erzählungen und 1981 seinen ersten Roman. Inzwischen gilt er als… …   Deutsch Wikipedia