bullocky

[ bool-uh-kee ]

noun

, Australian.

, plural bul·lock·ies

1. a bullock driver.
2. the coarse language thought to be typical of a bullock driver.

adjective

1. Australian. pertaining to driving bullocks or managing cattle.
2. resembling a bullock.

bullocky

/ ˈbʊləkɪ /

noun

1. informal.
   the driver of a team of bullocks

Word History and Origins

Origin of bullocky¹

1880–85; bullock + -y ¹, subsequently nominalized

Example Sentences

Denis knew it must be Bullocky's steed, and they had not to ask a question to gather that it was.

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"Bullocky jump four miles," he informed us; from which we inferred that the sound of the bells would travel four miles.

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Well, good or bad, your slow, plodding bullocky is the true pioneer.

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The “bullocky” could drink rum in buckets, and was always given to use his fists.

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I soon saw that nothing could be donePg 224 on the spot, and ordered it to continue its "bullocky" progress to the camp.

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