Sentence:  Another man told me there never had been a staff on the hill; but if there had been, perhaps <WSD>larrikins</WSD> would have removed it. For larrikinism is one of the evils of New Zealand. Everywhere there one hears of the <WSD>larrikin</WSD>, or young hoodlum. <WSD>Larrikins</WSD> are an unorganized, mischievous fraternity. They are always despoiling or marring public or private property or making people the butt of coarse jokes and jeers. If something is stolen, "the <WSD>larrikins</WSD> took it"; if windows or park seats are broken, "the <WSD>larrikins</WSD> did it." 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A brash and impertinent, possibly violent, troublemaker, especially a youth; a hooligan.