Pronounced: KLER-uh-see, noun
Notes: This word makes me think of a disease (but it isn’t!)
Yesterday’s word
The word Yarra-banker is
- a vagrant or loafer
- a soapbox orator or agitator
First usage
Our word came into English in the late 1800s
Background / Comments
The Yarra is a river in Victoria, Australia. The bank of that river was a hangout for vagrants, soapbox orators, and similar folk. I am not very familiar with Australia; I didn’t even know that Yarra is a river in that country. People that know more about Australia may have had an idea of the meaning.
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