Phrases & SayingsEveryday lifeRhyming slang
Barry Crocker
A shocker; something poor or disappointing.
In a sentence
The whole performance was a Barry Crocker.
Where it came from
The Australian National Dictionary Centre documents the Australian rhyming slang from the early 1990s and its link to entertainer Barry Crocker.
- First recorded
- 1994
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established