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white maggot en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From the uniform of white shirt and shorts worn by the Victorian Football League (which became the Australian Football League) field umpires. The umpires' uniforms changed to day-glow orange in 2004.

Meanings

  1. (derogatory, qualifier:Australian rules football, slang) A field umpire.
    • Come on you white maggot, that was a throw. 2004, Brooke Neindorf, “Country footy”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 20 Apr 2006:

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