jackeroo
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of jackeroo
1875–80; jack 1 + (kang)aroo; cf. -eroo
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In 1964, he signed up as a ranch hand, known as a jackeroo, after embellishing his abilities on horseback, and was sent to the Kimberley, a vast region in northwestern Australia.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 12, 2023
The trek doesn’t go quite as planned, and Lola takes a job as a jackeroo — the term is explained — at the winery’s nearby sheep farm.
From New York Times ● May 18, 2022
The Sydney jackeroo rose impulsively, but Jack glanced at him, and he sat down again.
From Over the Sliprails by Lawson, Henry
They picked up the jackeroo about a mile down the river, clinging to a snag, and when we hauled him aboard he looked like something the cat had dragged in, only bigger.
From Over the Sliprails by Lawson, Henry
The jackeroo was sweeping the horizon for pure inexplicable delight in its dirty greens and yellows; but had quite forgotten that he ought already to have been scouring it for sheep.
From The Shadow of a Man by Hornung, E. W. (Ernest William)
Some are in a wilderness, with fittings to match; others have telephones between homestead and out-stations, the jackeroos dress for dinner, and the station hands are cowed into touching their hats and saying "Sir."
From Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life by Paterson, A. B. (Andrew Barton)
On reaching the house we found other company had arrived in the persons of young Mr Goodjay from Cummabella, his sister, her governess, and a couple of jackeroos.
From My Brilliant Career by Franklin, Miles
I wouldn't have 'em on Marumbah as jackeroos, at a pound a week.
From Tom Gerrard by Becke, Louis
Going in her direction I met Joe Archer, one of the Five-Bob jackeroos, and a great chum of mine.
From My Brilliant Career by Franklin, Miles
His overseer, jackeroos, and other employees were all allowed the freedom of home, and could invite whom they pleased to Five-Bob Downs.
From My Brilliant Career by Franklin, Miles
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