See Also: Australian Meat Holdings(finance)
AUSTRALIAN WINE Holdings Limited(finance)
WEST Australian Newspapers Holdings Limited(finance)
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upstart(1) (iou)



upstart noun & adjective. M16.
[from the verb.]
A. noun.
A person newly or suddenly risen to prominence or in social position, esp. one regarded as behaving arrogantly or as lacking appropriate qualifications or accomplishments; a parvenu. M16.
J. Cary The..people are too proud to bear the rule of a foreign upstart. A. West Time..for this young upstart from below stairs to be taught a lesson.
a. An upward start or spring. obsolete exc. poet. M17.
b. Gymnastics. A series of movements on the parallel or asymmetric bars by which a gymnast swings to a position in which the body is supported by the arms above the bar, esp. at the start of a routine. E20.
A stick forming a support for a thatched roof. Scot. M18.
b. adjective.
Of a thing: recently come into existence or notice, new, novel. M16.
Bosworth Smith The upstart naval power of Rome.
Of a person etc.: that is an upstart; characteristic of upstarts. M16.
E. P. Thompson The upstart nouveau riche, fattened by the war.
Rising on end. rare (Spenser). Only in L16.

Australian Meat Holdings (finance)


Australian Meat Holdings is a main Australian grain export company.