shicer

[ shahy-ser ]

noun

, Australian.

1. Slang. a swindler.
2. any unscrupulous person.

Word History and Origins

Origin of shicer¹

1850–55; < German Scheisser, equivalent to scheiss ( en ) to shit + -er -er ¹

Example Sentences

Mr. Howard asked whether the member for Collingwood knew the meaning of the word `shicer.'

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A 'shicer' is first a mining claim which turns out to be useless, and then anything that does so.

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"A reg-lar ol' shicer!" was the unanimous opinion, expressed without scruple.

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Staggering home to the tent after nightfall he would have been sure, sooner or later, to fall into a dry shicer and break his neck, or into a wet one and be drowned.

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Miners who have stood the working of a Canadian or Gravel-pit shicer, scorn danger in any form.

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