jumbuck
[ juhm-buhk ]
/ ˈdʒʌm bʌk /
noun Australian.
a sheep.
Nearby words
jumble sale, jumbled, jumbo, jumbo jet, jumboize, jumbuck, jumna, jump, jump all over someone, jump at, jump bail
Origin of jumbuck
1815–25; perhaps ultimately < Kamilaroi dimba (meaning unknown), altered by association with buck1; borrowed into Australian Pidgin English and thence into other Aboriginal languages
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British Dictionary definitions for jumbuck
Word Origin for jumbuck
C19: from a native Australian language
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