jackaroo

American  

[jak-uh-roo] / ˌdʒæk əˈru /

noun

plural

jackaroos, jackarooed, jackarooing

1. jackeroo.

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Example Sentences

Said one: "The jackaroo who started that story probably saw a wallaby."

From Time Magazine Archive

I suppose, and you can't have Peter Allen chewing the ram-stag mutton and pretending to be a jackaroo.

From Time Magazine Archive

I seen him lift her on, an' he took her right up an' lifted her right inter the saddle, 'stead of holdin' his hand for her to tread on like that new-chum jackaroo we had.

From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry

There came a jackaroo on a visit to the station.

From Children of the Bush by Lawson, Henry

There's the usual yarn about a jackaroo mistaking Thompson for a brother rouser, and asking him whether old Baldy was about anywhere, and Baldy said: "Why, are you looking for a job?"

From While the Billy Boils by Lawson, Henry