bullocky

American  

[bool-uh-kee] / ˈbʊl ə ki /

noun

Australian.

plural

bullockies

1. a bullock driver.

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

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adjective

1. Australian. pertaining to driving bullocks or managing cattle.

2. resembling a bullock.

bullocky British  

/ ˈbʊləkɪ /

noun

1. informal the driver of a team of bullocks

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Etymology

Origin of bullocky

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

Example Sentences

To world-famed Mayo Clinic went bullocky Baseballer Lou Gehrig of the New York Yankees, benched since early last month, to find out what ails his once-powerful legs.

From Time Magazine Archive

"Work, work, work, all asame bullocky," as he put it, rasped on his feelings.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)

Pardy, the bullocky, was a big, rough, dark-complexioned bloke, with a shambling walk, a rough tongue and a heavy hand.

From From Chart House to Bush Hut Being the Record of a Sailor's 7 Years in the Queensland Bush by Bryde, Charles W. L.

The party had been increased by Jimmy Nowlett, the bullocky, who had just arrived with a load of fencing wire and provisions for Middleton.

From On the Track by Lawson, Henry

Me say—'Me look out bullocky, musser 'em cattle.

From Confessions of a Beachcomber by Banfield, E. J. (Edmund James)