jackaroo
n. (Australian) man who lives on a sheep or cattle farm as an apprentice | ||||
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Jackaroo Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Australian Slang |
Jackaroo
a male station-hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property); station hand, usually trainee manager, often the son of another landowner sent to work on other properties to learn different methods, soils, breeds, etc..; 2. work as a trainee on such a station: “He's jackerooing in Queensland this year”
a male station-hand (a station is a big farm/grazing property); station hand, usually trainee manager, often the son of another landowner sent to work on other properties to learn different methods, soils, breeds, etc..; 2. work as a trainee on such a station: “He's jackerooing in Queensland this year”
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jackaroo
jackaroo
\jack`a*roo"\ (?), n. also jackeroo \jack`e*roo"\]. [jack + kangaroo.] a young man living as an apprentice on a sheep station, or otherwise engaged in acquainting himself with colonial life. [colloq., australia]
jackaroo
\jack`a*roo"\, v. i. to be a jackaroo; to pass one's time as a jackaroo. [colloq., australia]
jackaroo
\jack`a*roo"\ (?), n. also jackeroo \jack`e*roo"\]. [jack + kangaroo.] a young man living as an apprentice on a sheep station, or otherwise engaged in acquainting himself with colonial life. [colloq., australia]
jackaroo
\jack`a*roo"\, v. i. to be a jackaroo; to pass one's time as a jackaroo. [colloq., australia]
Jackaroo Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
Jackaroo Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Jackaroo
Jackaroo may refer to:
- 'Jackaroo' n. 'A station,(cattle/sheep) management apprentice.'
- * The Jackaroo. An autobiography by Owen Genty. 1934. The National Library of Australia and the National Library of New Zealand. ISBN-10: 0-473-11429-1.
- * Jackaroo, the first novel of the Kingdom series by Cynthia Voigt
- Thruxton Jackaroo, a 1950s British four-seat biplane conversion
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