jumbuck

[juhm-buhk]

noun Australian.

a sheep.

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

Australian archaic an informal word for sheep

Word Origin for jumbuck

C19: from a native Australian language

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