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bullocky

[bool-uh-kee]

noun

Australian.

plural

bullockies 
  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

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Word History and Origins

Origin of bullocky1

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

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To see the “bullocky” at his best is only given to those who travel with him for a whole trip, and observe his style of getting out of difficulties that would dishearten many another man.

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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.

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

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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.

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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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