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Dermo vs Derro - What's the difference?

dermo | derro |

As nouns the difference between dermo and derro

is that dermo is perkinsosis while derro is (australia|slang) a homeless person; a social derelict.

dermo

English

Noun

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  • perkinsosis

    • derro

    English

    Alternative forms

    * dero

    Noun

    (head)
  • (Australia, slang) A homeless person; a social derelict.
  • * 1989 , , Girls? Night Out , page 107,
    • I sat in the derros? park in Taylor Square. Knee-deep in drunks and drug addicts, it was called “Fantasy Island” by the cops.
  • * 2002 , , Matthew Flinders' Cat , 2006, unnumbered page,
    • He leaned back slightly, a small smile on his face. 'Who's gunna worry about an old derro' found dead in the gutter, eh? Sure, someone will find out who you once were, that won't cut any ice neither, you're a nothing now, less than a nobody, a drunken ' derro , a homeless person.'
  • * 2010 , Caroline Brem, Chloë Plays Detective , page 107,
    • “I was thinking of talking to the derro' again. He pointed the place out to me to begin with. Perhaps he knows more about it.”By ten-thirty I was down at Martin Plaza, but the ' derro wasn?t.

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