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Definition of Jackeroo
1. an inexperienced ranch hand [n -ROOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jackeroo
Literary usage of Jackeroo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Recollections of Australia & Elsewhere, 1842-1914 by John Mildred Creed (1916)
"... NSW—The Wine Industry—My Work as a " jackeroo "—Bush Hospitality—Sheep and
Sheep-shearing—Sport—The Bustard or Wild Turkey—Wild Duck—I Return to ..."
2. Outback in Australia: Or, Three Australian Overlanders; Being an Account of by Kilroy Harris (1913)
"It was occupied by a "jackeroo," another boundary-rider, and a " married couple,"
... The present-day jackeroo doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to the ..."
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