e/Larry Dooley

New Query

Information
has glosseng: Larry Dooley was an Australian boxer; however his name is best known as a popular colloquial term. It is usually used as a verb at the end of a sentence such as to give it a bit of a Larry Dooley, meaning to exert extra effort. The term is often used by Australian cricket commentator Richie Benaud when describing an aggressive batsman.
lexicalizationeng: Larry Dooley
instance ofe/Australian English

Query

Word: (case sensitive)
Language: (ISO 639-3 code, e.g. "eng" for English)


Lexvo © 2008-2026 Gerard de Melo.   Contact   Legal Information / Imprint