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jumbuck

[juhm-buhk]
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noun Australian.
  1. a sheep.
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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

jumbuck

noun
  1. Australian archaic an informal word for sheep
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Word Origin

C19: from a native Australian language
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