1893. `The Argus,' July 5, p. 9, col. 4, Legislative Assembly:
"<i>Mr. Isaacs</i>:. . . He hoped this `barracking' would not be continued." [Members had been interrupting him.]
1893. `The Herald' (Melbourne), Sept. 9, p. 1, col. 6:
"He noticed with pleasure the decrease of disagreeable barracking by spectators at matches during last season. Good-humoured badinage had prevailed, but the spectators had been very well conducted."
<hw>Barracker</hw>, <i>n</i>. one who barracks (q.v.).
1893. `The Age,' June 27, p. 6, col. 6:
"His worship remarked that the `barracking' that was carried on at football matches was a mean and contemptible system, and was getting worse and worse every day. Actually people were afraid to go to them on account of the conduct of the crowd of `barrackers.' It took all the interest out of the game to see young men acting like a gang of larrikins."
1894. `"The Argus,' Nov. 29, p. 4, col. 9:
"The `most unkindest cut of all' was that the Premier, who was Mr. Rogers's principal barracker during the elections, turned his back upon the prophet and did not deign to discuss his plan."
<hw>Barracks</hw>, <i>n</i>. a building on a station with rooms for bachelors.