bullocky

American  

[bool-uh-kee] / ˈbʊl ə ki /

noun

Australian.

bullockies plural

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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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• bullockies
  plural

Etymology

Origin of bullocky

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

Example Sentences

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bullocky bullockies

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

Paul, responding to the expressions of goodwill and the inspiration of being on opal, put all his childish and bullocky energy into working with Michael and Potch.

From The Black Opal by Prichard, Katharine Susannah

But the bullocky eyed me curiously, all the same, and I instantly made up my mind to part company with him at the earliest convenient moment.

From The Record of Nicholas Freydon An Autobiography by Dawson, A. J. (Alec John)

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

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.

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

From The Luck of Thirteen Wanderings and Flight through Montenegro and Serbia by Gordon, Cora

But the "bullockies" are better off than the horse-teamsters, for bad chaff is sold by the pound and corn is worth its weight in gold.

From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry