jackeroo
or jack·a·roo
an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
to work as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.
Origin of jackeroo
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How to use jackeroo in a sentence
The Sydney jackeroo rose impulsively, but Jack glanced at him, and he sat down again.
Over the Sliprails | Henry LawsonHe was a groom with a place at his master's table; he was a jackeroo who introduced station life into a town.
Stingaree | E. W. (Ernest William) Hornungjackeroo, the unpoetical, was even then sound asleep in his net; and in ten minutes everything was "fixed up."
We of the Never-Never | Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" GunnA Briton of the Billingsgate type would have appealed to jackeroo as a man of sound common sense.
We of the Never-Never | Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" GunnThe jackeroo had appeared on the scene from his own room, to which his sensitive soul ever banished him betimes.
The Shadow of a Man | E. W. Hornung
British Dictionary definitions for jackeroo
jackaroo
/ (ˌdʒækəˈruː) /
Australian informal a young male management trainee on a sheep or cattle station
Origin of jackeroo
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