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perisher

(ˈpɛrɪʃə)
n
informal old-fashioned Brit a rascal
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun 1. perisher - bounder
Australia, Commonwealth of Australia - a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
blackguard, bounder, cad, hound, heel, dog - someone who is morally reprehensible; "you dirty dog"
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Translations

perisher

(o.f.) [ˈperɪʃəʳ] N (Brit) → tío m
you little perisher! → ¡ay, tunante!
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

perisher

n (Brit inf) → Teufelsbraten m (inf)
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