"long-grasser" meaning in All languages combined

See long-grasser on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: long-grassers [plural]
Etymology: From longgrass + -er. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|longgrass|er}} longgrass + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} long-grasser (plural long-grassers)
  1. (colloquial) A homeless indigenous person living in the longgrass region. Tags: colloquial Synonyms: longgrasser, long grasser

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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