Tassie tiger

plural Tassie tigers

1. informalA Tasmanian tiger, †Thylacinus cynocephalus.

   "I reckon it's a Tassie Tiger. A real, live Tasmania tiger, in the flesh."

   2013, Col Bailey, Shadow of the Thylacine: One Man's Epic Search for the Tasmanian Tiger, Scoresby, Vic: The Five Mile Press, page 43

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   'But no one's seen a Tassie tiger for over seventy years.' 'Wrong, tosh. Quite wrong. Why does that not surprise me? There have been hundreds of sightings of the Tassie tiger. What you mean is that no scientist has captured one and been able to prove beyond a shadow of a doubt that it exists, which is probably very good news for the tiger."

   2010, Barry Jonsberg, Blacky Blasts Back: On the Tail of the Tassie Tiger, Crows Nest, N.S.W: Allen & Unwin, page 43

   This giant Tassie Tiger has been terrorising goats and other livestock, and Wodjet says she wants him on the next plane to Tasmania.

   2015, Frank Woodley, Kizmet and the Case of the Tassie Tiger, Melbourne, Vic: Penguin, page 11