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jackaroo
CIDE DICTIONARY
jackaroo, n. [Jack + kangaroo.].
A young man living as an apprentice on a sheep station, or otherwise engaged in acquainting himself with colonial life. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
jackaroo, v. i.
To be a jackaroo; to pass one's time as a jackaroo. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
jackaroo, n. (also jackeroo) Austral. colloq. a novice on a sheep-station or cattle-station.
Etymology
JACK(1) + KANGAROO
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