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Sav


An annoying character who persistently looks for laughs but usually is shy of the mark: That Darryl is a real Sav. See fair suck of the sav.

Contributor's comments: Common in Tasmania to refer to "hot dog" or "footie frank[furter]". Commonly used in sayings such as "He has a face like a busted [burst open in cooking] sav", and "Let's have a fair suck of the sav" [give us a fair go] Picturesque, eh?