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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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of bullocky1

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

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

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

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

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

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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