"petrol sniffer" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: En-au-petrol sniffer.ogg [Australia] Forms: petrol sniffers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} petrol sniffer (plural petrol sniffers)
  1. One who sniffs petrol to experience a high.
    Sense id: en-petrol_sniffer-en-noun-YXfGPwU1
  2. (slang, derogatory, ethnic slur) An Australian Aboriginal. Tags: derogatory, ethnic, slang, slur
    Sense id: en-petrol_sniffer-en-noun-HxYe5VDp Categories (other): English ethnic slurs, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 10 90

Inflected forms

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