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

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Etymology

Origin of bullocky

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

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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

Port Lawson way, like?' suggested the curious bullocky.

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

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 Katharine Susannah Prichard

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

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

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

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

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 Henry Lawson

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