jackaroo
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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I suppose, and you can't have Peter Allen chewing the ram-stag mutton and pretending to be a jackaroo.
From Time Magazine Archive
Said one: "The jackaroo who started that story probably saw a wallaby."
From Time Magazine Archive
We went most of the way by rail and coach, and then a jackaroo met us with a fine pair of horses in a waggonette.
From Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia by Morris, Edward Ellis
"And I wouldn't have married that girl for a thousand pounds," said the jackaroo, relating the incidents to some friends in Sydney.
From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry
There came a jackaroo on a visit to the station.
From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry
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