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Definition of Bullocky
1. Adjective. Resembling a bullock in strength and power. "Thick bullocky shoulders"
Definition of Bullocky
1. Noun. (Australia obsolete) A person (usually a man) who drives a cart pulled by a team of bullocks. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Bullocky
1. bullock [adj] - See also: bullock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Bullocky
Literary usage of Bullocky
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Visit to the Antipodes: With Some Reminiscences of a Sojourn in Australia by E. Lloyd (1846)
"In Adelaide there are plenty white fellows, plenty bullocky, plenty sheepy, plenty
flour, all that a black fellow can wish for; while the black fellows have ..."
2. The Tichborne Trial: The Summing-up by the Lord Chief Justice of England by Arthur Orton, Alexander James Edmund Cockburn (1874)
"He remembered his going to sea, and says that he was called ' bullocky ;' he was not
... She describes him as a fat boy ; he was called ' bullocky ;'' and ..."
3. "Over There" with the Australians by R. Hugh Knyvett (1918)
"We were also able to buy luxuries, such as biscuits and canned puddings; and even
relieve the monotony of marmalade jam with "bullocky's joy. ..."
4. Austral English: A Dictionary of Australasian Words, Phrases, and Usages by Edward Ellis Morris (1898)
"bullocky has rather a sense of over-strength inducing an awkwardness of movement.
Nuggety does not include the last suggestion." Nulla-nulla, «. ..."
5. The Snare of Strength by Randolph Bedford (1905)
"The bullocky went round the team and recovered the pole-pin, then he beat the
... The bullocky lifted his hat, and wiped his wet forehead with his hairy arm ..."
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