A term invoked by Australian media when they want to get one of their mates in sport or entertainment off the hook, after a misdemeanour you or I would be prosecuted for.
"Did you see how full of white candy Footballer X was at the Brownlow Award? Started a fight with the event staff for no reason"
"Yeah nah, larrikin spirit"
"You or I would have been busted for that. There's photographic evidence"
"Yeah nah, just a kid, bit of a larrikin, benefit of the doubt"
"Yeah nah, larrikin spirit"
"You or I would have been busted for that. There's photographic evidence"
"Yeah nah, just a kid, bit of a larrikin, benefit of the doubt"
by Mochko Eden September 11, 2022
Get the Larrikinmug.