jackeroo

or jack·a·roo

[ jak-uh-roo ]

/ ˌdʒæk əˈru /

Australian

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noun, plural jack·e·roos.

an inexperienced person working as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.

verb (used without object), jack·e·rooed, jack·e·roo·ing.

to work as an apprentice on a sheep ranch.

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Origin of jackeroo

1875–80; jack¹ + (kang)aroo; cf. -eroo

Words nearby jackeroo

jack crosstree, jackdaw, jacked, Jackeen, Jackelyn, jackeroo, jacket, jackey, jackfish, Jack Frost, jackfruit

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How to use jackeroo in a sentence

The Sydney jackeroo rose impulsively, but Jack glanced at him, and he sat down again.
Over the Sliprails|Henry Lawson
He was a groom with a place at his master's table; he was a jackeroo who introduced station life into a town.
Stingaree|E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
Jackeroo, the unpoetical, was even then sound asleep in his net; and in ten minutes everything was "fixed up."
We of the Never-Never|Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn
A Briton of the Billingsgate type would have appealed to Jackeroo as a man of sound common sense.
We of the Never-Never|Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn

The jackeroo had appeared on the scene from his own room, to which his sensitive soul ever banished him betimes.
The Shadow of a Man|E. W. Hornung

British Dictionary definitions for jackeroo

jackeroo

jackaroo

/ (ˌdʒækəˈruː) /

noun plural -roos

Australian informal a young male management trainee on a sheep or cattle station

Word Origin for jackeroo

C19: from jack 1 + (kang) aroo

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