Taswegian

plural Taswegians

1. AustraliaslanggovernmentA Tasmanian seaman.
2. AustraliaderogatoryhumoroussometimesA native or inhabitant of Tasmania.

   The town is filled with lovely, lovely Taswegians, the kindest and most generous people I have ever met.

   2005, Beverly Walton, Watermarks: A Tasmanian Journal, page 25

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   The new year is also vigorously celebrated further south during the Hobart Summer Festival (p646), when Taswegians stuff themselves with food, wine and song.

   2009, Justine Vaisutis, Australia, Lonely Planet, page 32

   That was when I learned that every Taswegian worth his salt carries an axe in his boot and, more often than not, two in case of axe-less friends.

   2011, Teri Louise Kelly, Punktuation, page 57

   Synonyms: apple-eater, Apple Islander