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toolie

toolie
 n.— «Schoolies say the violence on the Gold Coast in the past week has been caused by “toolies”—the name they use for the older gatecrashers ruining their party.» —“Teenagers blame ‘toolies’” by Tracey Gibbons Sunday Mail (Queensland, Australia) Nov. 24, 2002. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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