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bullocky

[ bool-uh-kee ]

noun

, Australian.
, plural bul·lock·ies
  1. a bullock driver.
  2. the coarse language thought to be typical of a bullock driver.


adjective

  1. Australian. pertaining to driving bullocks or managing cattle.
  2. resembling a bullock.

bullocky

/ ˈbʊləkɪ /

noun

  1. informal.
    the driver of a team of bullocks
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of bullocky1

1880–85; bullock + -y 1, subsequently nominalized
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Example Sentences

To see the “bullocky” at his best is only given to those who travel with him for a whole trip, and observe his style of getting out of difficulties that would dishearten many another man.

Paul, responding to the expressions of goodwill and the inspiration of being on opal, put all his childish and bullocky energy into working with Michael and Potch.

Well, good or bad, your slow, plodding bullocky is the true pioneer.

But the bullocky eyed me curiously, all the same, and I instantly made up my mind to part company with him at the earliest convenient moment.

I soon saw that nothing could be donePg 224 on the spot, and ordered it to continue its "bullocky" progress to the camp.

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