jackaroo
noun
jackaroos
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pluralof jackaroo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Well, to make it short, one of the jackaroos went to the police and Bogan cleared out.
From Children of the Bush by Henry Lawson
Besides the manager and the jackaroos, there were a few boundary riders to prowl round the fences of the vast paddocks.
From Three Elephant Power and Other Stories by A. B. (Andrew Barton) Paterson
But the jackaroos can't pay for drinks, an' I have ter pay carriage on the flour an' tea an' sugar an' groceries—an' it all tells up by the end o' the year.
From Children of the Bush by Henry Lawson
These, and a big bucket-handled frying-pan and a few rusty convict-time arms on the slab walls, were mostly to amuse jackaroos and jackarooesses, and let them think they were getting into the Australian-dontcherknow at last.
From The Rising of the Court by Henry Lawson
I don't know the rights of the case, it was hushed up, as you'll see presently; but, anyway, the jackaroos swore that Bogan had done 'em out of ten quid.
From Children of the Bush by Henry Lawson
