Meaning of long-grasser | Babel Free

Definitions

A homeless indigenous person living in the longgrass region.

colloquial

Examples

“Usually they were first-person accounts of Darwin politics from the viewpoint of a 'long-grasser', or a homeless drinker around town.”

“This article uses concepts from Yolngu philosophy to explore these perspectives in three contexts: at the former mission settlements, at homeland centres, and among “long-grassers” in Darwin.”

“But Miss Harriet Douglas was no long-grasser.”

“The dense racial politics and the indeterminacy of the long-grasser problem at the Tiwi shops make this a paradigmatic contact zone.”

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