coiler n.
(Aus.) a vagrant who sleeps in the open air.
![]() | Argus (Melbourne) 14 Sept. 5/3: The third [accused] who was described as a regular wharf ‘coiler,’ was fined 40s damages. | |
![]() | Aus. Sl. Dict. 18: Coiler, a loafer who sleeps in the wharves or gardens. | |
![]() | Aus. Lang. | |
![]() | (ref. to 1890s) ‘Gloss. of Larrikin Terms’ in Larrikins 202: coiler: an idler who sleeps on wharves. |