Words & TermsWork, bush and rural life
bitser
A mongrel or mixed-breed dog; originally also a makeshift object assembled from bits and pieces.
In a sentence
Their bitser had kelpie, terrier and something unidentifiable in him.
Where it came from
The Australian National Dictionary Centre gives an Australian history from the 1920s, with the dog sense recorded by the early 1930s.
- Initial era
- 1950–1999
- Where used
- Australian use; no narrower regional pattern established