boundary rider

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noun Australian.

a ranch hand who patrols the boundary of a sheep or cattle station in order to watch the stock, repair fences, etc.

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Origin of boundary rider

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby boundary rider

Boundary Commission, boundary condition, boundary layer, boundary line, Boundary Peak, boundary rider, boundary value problem, bounded, bounden, bounder, bound for

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How to use boundary rider in a sentence

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He took the techniques of H. Rider Haggard and Jules Verne and brought them into the 20th century.
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First you have to convince people to accept your version of the boundary between law and politics.
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You mentioned first falling in love with him when you saw Easy Rider.
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We need to take a razor and make a boundary in the shaving foam, people.
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Fortunately, the last crash had been passed without dislocating the parts of either sledge or rider.
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When a man's in clink, his nag gets nothing but mild exercise till his rightful rider gets out.
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Nearly all the mutineers swung round and galloped headlong for the landward boundary of the paddy field.
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A horse unused to it will sometimes stand shivering instead of taking his rider out of danger.
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Boundary line between New York and Massachusetts agreed upon.
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British Dictionary definitions for boundary rider

boundary rider

noun

Australian an employee on a sheep or cattle station whose job is to maintain fences in good repair and to prevent stock from straying

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